"What is most immediately striking is how much of the material arrives in beautifully observed, beautifully paced scene... I found myself giving over almost wholly to the scenes...because they were so immersive and rich."
--Paul Harding, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Tinkers and Enon, on Martha's fiction
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"Three Summers" on NPR Books "When We Were Arabs" on NPR Books New personal essay: "Memorizing and Memory: A Writer's Estranged Cousins" New short story: "The House withe Plexiglas Frame" Martha has been awarded a 2019 Residency at VCCA's Moulin à Nef Studio Center Martha is interviewed for LitHub's "Secrets of the Book Critics" series Recently published: Interview with Kendra Allen in The Rumpus "Republic of Lies," book review on NPR Books "Who Killed My Father," book review on NPR Books Interview with Glory Edim/Well Read Black Girl in The Millions "Heavy," book review on NPR Books "Washington Black," book review in The Millions Sample earlier publications: "Polymorphia," short story in Catapult "When Home is Elsewhere," personal essay in Cargo Literary "Before America," short story/novel excerpt in Slush Pile Magazine "At the Ballet," short story/novel excerpt in Vol.1 Brooklyn |