"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
NEWS
Martha is the 2020 Winner of the Petrichor Prize for Finely Crafted Fiction for her novel THREE MUSES, forthcoming from Regal House Publishing Autumn 2022!
Martha is featured in a podcast about her writing
Review: "Blood on the River," by Marjoleine Kars on NPR Books
"Dayenu: Dispatches from the Covid Sick Ward,", Martha's personal essay, will be featured in Alone Together: Love, Grief, and Comfort During the Time of COVID-19, an anthology.
Personal Essay: On Finding Myself at a Writing Residency in Southern France
Review: "The Only Good Indians" by Stephen Graham Jones in the Washington Post
Interview with pianist Stephen Hough in Music & Literature
Interview with Jeffrey Colvin in Washington Independent Review of Books
Review: "This is One Way to Dance" by Sejal Shah on NPR Books
Personal Essay: "Family Trees"
Personal Essay: "My Father Died Before I Could Say Goodbye"
Review: "Cleanness" by Garth Greenwell on NPR Books
Review: "The Yellow House" by Sarah Broom on NPR Books
Sample earlier publications:
Martha is interviewed for LitHub's "Secrets of the Book Critics" series
Review: "Later" by Paul Lisicky on NPR Books
Review : "These Ghosts Are Family" by Maisy Card in the Washington Post
Short Story: "The House with the Plexiglas Frame" in Vol.1 Brooklyn
Interview with Glory Edim/Well Read Black Girl in The Millions
Review: "Heavy" by Kiese Laymon on NPR Books
Short Story: "Polymorphia" in Catapult
Martha is featured in a podcast about her writing
Review: "Blood on the River," by Marjoleine Kars on NPR Books
"Dayenu: Dispatches from the Covid Sick Ward,", Martha's personal essay, will be featured in Alone Together: Love, Grief, and Comfort During the Time of COVID-19, an anthology.
Personal Essay: On Finding Myself at a Writing Residency in Southern France
Review: "The Only Good Indians" by Stephen Graham Jones in the Washington Post
Interview with pianist Stephen Hough in Music & Literature
Interview with Jeffrey Colvin in Washington Independent Review of Books
Review: "This is One Way to Dance" by Sejal Shah on NPR Books
Personal Essay: "Family Trees"
Personal Essay: "My Father Died Before I Could Say Goodbye"
Review: "Cleanness" by Garth Greenwell on NPR Books
Review: "The Yellow House" by Sarah Broom on NPR Books
Sample earlier publications:
Martha is interviewed for LitHub's "Secrets of the Book Critics" series
Review: "Later" by Paul Lisicky on NPR Books
Review : "These Ghosts Are Family" by Maisy Card in the Washington Post
Short Story: "The House with the Plexiglas Frame" in Vol.1 Brooklyn
Interview with Glory Edim/Well Read Black Girl in The Millions
Review: "Heavy" by Kiese Laymon on NPR Books
Short Story: "Polymorphia" in Catapult