J. Michael Martinez
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J. Michael Martinez

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A Public Voices Fellow with The OpEd Project, J. Michael Martinez received the Walt Whitman Award from the Academy of American Poets for his first book, "Heredities." "In the Garden of the Bridehouse," is available from the University of Arizona Press. His third collection, "Museum of the Americas," was selected for the National Poetry Series by Cornelius Eady and is published by Penguin Press. J. Michael's next work, “Tarta Americana” will be published by Penguin Press September of 2023. An Assistant Professor of English and Comparative Literature at San Jose State University, he teaches in their MFA program and lives in San Jose. About his work, Herrera wrote, it "breaks away from four decades of inquiry into cultural identity. Martinez's exhilarating descent into the unspoken...[and] gives voice to a dismembered continental body buried long ago. This body, though flayed and fractured, rises and sings." A former Poetry Editor of NOEMI Press, his writings are anthologized in Ahsahta Press' "The Arcadia Project: North American Postmodern Pastoral," Rescue Press' "The New Census: 40 American Poets," and Counterpath Press' "Angels of the Americlypse: New Latin@ Writing." J. Michael has read, lectured, or taught at universities and organizations nationwide, including The Folger Shakespeare Library, The Recovering the U.S. Hispanic Literary Heritage Conference, The Community of Writers at Squaw Valley, Naropa University, The University of Colorado at Boulder, The Association of Writers and Writing Programs, The Guadalupe Cultural Arts Center, The Tuscon Festival of Books, Canto Mundo, George Mason University and more. Martinez may be found online at jmichaelmartinez.org .
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