"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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Martha is featured in a podcast about her writing
"Dayenu: Dispatches from the Covid Sick Ward," new personal essay
"Pilgrims" new personal essay
"What is the Grass" on NPR Books
"One Hundred Suns" in the Washington Post
"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
"Cleanness" on NPR Books
"The Yellow House" on NPR Books
Recently published:
Martha is interviewed for LitHub's "Secrets of the Book Critics" series
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
"Dayenu: Dispatches from the Covid Sick Ward," new personal essay
"Pilgrims" new personal essay
"What is the Grass" on NPR Books
"One Hundred Suns" in the Washington Post
"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
"Cleanness" on NPR Books
"The Yellow House" on NPR Books
Recently published:
Martha is interviewed for LitHub's "Secrets of the Book Critics" series
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