"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 featured in a podcast about her writing
Martha got Honorable Mention (one of 5 finalists) in the Landmark Prize for Fiction
"Later" on NPR Books
"These Ghosts Are Family" in the Washington Post
"Family Trees" new personal essay
"The Gigolo" new short story
"My Father Died Before I Could Say Goodbye" new personal essay in the Washington Post's The Lily
"Supreme Inequality" on NPR Books
"Counterpoint" on NPR Books
"Cleanness" on NPR Books
"The Yellow House" on NPR Books
New personal essay: "Memorizing and Memory: A Writer's Estranged Cousins"
Martha is interviewed for LitHub's "Secrets of the Book Critics" series
Recently published:
Short story: "The House with the Plexiglas Frame"
Interview with Randon Billings Noble in The Millions
"When We Were Arabs" on NPR Books
Interview with Kendra Allen in The Rumpus
Interview with Glory Edim/Well Read Black Girl in The Millions
"Heavy," book review on NPR Books
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
Martha got Honorable Mention (one of 5 finalists) in the Landmark Prize for Fiction
"Later" on NPR Books
"These Ghosts Are Family" in the Washington Post
"Family Trees" new personal essay
"The Gigolo" new short story
"My Father Died Before I Could Say Goodbye" new personal essay in the Washington Post's The Lily
"Supreme Inequality" on NPR Books
"Counterpoint" on NPR Books
"Cleanness" on NPR Books
"The Yellow House" on NPR Books
New personal essay: "Memorizing and Memory: A Writer's Estranged Cousins"
Martha is interviewed for LitHub's "Secrets of the Book Critics" series
Recently published:
Short story: "The House with the Plexiglas Frame"
Interview with Randon Billings Noble in The Millions
"When We Were Arabs" on NPR Books
Interview with Kendra Allen in The Rumpus
Interview with Glory Edim/Well Read Black Girl in The Millions
"Heavy," book review on NPR Books
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