Camille Martin

Camille Martin (born 1956) is a Canadian poet and collage artist. After residing in New Orleans for fourteen years, in 2005 she moved to Toronto[1] following Hurricane Katrina.[2]

Biography

Early life and education

Camille Martin was born in El Dorado, Arkansas, in 1956 and spent most of her childhood in Lafayette, Louisiana. In 1980, she earned a Master of Music in Piano Performance and Literature from the Eastman School of Music. In 1996, she received a Master of Fine Arts in Poetry from the University of New Orleans. Her thesis, a collection of poems entitled at peril, passed with distinction. In 2003, she received a PhD in English from Louisiana State University. Her dissertation, Radical Dialectics in the Experimental Poetry of Berssenbrugge, Hejinian, Harryman, Weiner, and Scalapino,[3] won the Lewis P. Simpson Distinguished Dissertation Award. She has received grants for poetry from the Louisiana Division of the Arts,[4] the Canada Council for the Arts, the Ontario Arts Council, the Toronto Arts Council, and the League of Canadian Poets.[5]

Career

Martin is the author of five full-length poetry collections: Blueshift Road (Rogue Embryo Press, 2021),Looms (Shearsman Books, 2012), Sonnets Shearsman Books, 2010),[6][7] Codes of Public Sleep[8] (Toronto: BookThug, 2007), and Sesame Kiosk (Elmwood, Conn.: Potes & Poets, 2001). She has also published four chapbooks: If Leaf, Then Arpeggio,[9][10] Rogue Embryo, Magnus Loop, and Plastic Heaven.[1] Her poetry is widely published in journals in the United States, Canada, Australia, and the United Kingdom, and has been translated into Spanish and German.

Martin is also co-editor and co-translator with John P. Clark of two books: Anarchy, Geography, Modernity: The Radical Social Thought of Elisée Reclus (Lanham, JD: Lexington Books, 2004)[11] and A Voyage to New Orleans: Anarchist Impressions of the Old South (Warner, NH: Glad Day Books, 1999, 2004).[12]

From 2006 to 2010, she taught literature and writing at Ryerson University,[13] where she served as an editor for the literary journal White Wall, co-curated the poetry reading series Live Poets Society, and hosted a monthly edition of the literary program In Other Words on CKLN-FM.[14]

Martin regularly writes essays about poetry and the visual arts at her blog, Rogue Embryo.[15] She also maintains a website, CamilleMartin.ca,[16] about her poetry and collage.[17]

Published works

Poetry books and chapbooks

  • Blueshift Road. Toronto: Rogue Embryo Press, 2021.
  • Looms. Bristol, U.K.: Shearsman Books, 2012.
  • Sonnets. Exeter, U.K.: Shearsman Books, 2010.
  • Codes of Public Sleep. Toronto: BookThug, 2007.
  • Sesame Kiosk. Elmwood, Conn.: Potes & Poets Press, 2001.
  • If Leaf, Then Arpeggio. Ottawa: Above/Ground Press, 2011.
  • Magnus Loop. Tucson: Chax Press, 1999.
  • Rogue Embryo. New Orleans: Lavender Ink, 1999.
  • Plastic Heaven. New Orleans: Single-author issue of Fell Swoop, 1996.

Other books

  • A Voyage to New Orleans: Anarchist Impressions of the Old South (co-translator and co-editor, with John P. Clark). Warner, NH: Glad Day Books, 1999, 2004.
  • The Radical Social Thought of Elisée Reclus (co-translator and co-editor, with John P. Clark). Lanham, JD: Lexington Books, 2004.

Anthologies

  • Nine from Sonnets (in Spanish translation). La alteración del silencio: Poesía norteamericana reciente (The Alteration of Silence: Recent North American Poetry). Eds. William Allegrezza and Galo Ghigliotto. Santiago, Chile: Editorial Cuneta, 2010.
  • Onsets. The Gig: Toronto, 2004. n.p..
  • Another South: Experimental Writing in the South. Tuscaloosa, Ala.: University of Alabama Press, 2002. 133.
  • Other Sticky Valentines. Lazy Frog Press, 2002. 6.
  • From a Bend in the River. New Orleans: Runagate Press, 1998. 126-27.
  • The Maple Leaf Rag: Fifteenth Anniversary Anthology. New Orleans: Portals Press, 1994. 115.

References

  1. ^ a b "League of Canadian Poets". Archived from the original on 2009-10-08. Retrieved 2008-08-28.
  2. ^ "Poetics List Archive". Archived from the original on 2016-03-05. Retrieved 2008-08-28.
  3. ^ "LSU Dissertations" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2008-08-28.
  4. ^ "Louisiana Division of the Arts". www.crt.state.la.us. Archived from the original on 2008-09-14. Retrieved 2026-02-16.
  5. ^ "League of Canadian Poets Home". League of Canadian Poets. Retrieved 2026-02-16.
  6. ^ Frazer, Tony. "Sonnets". Shearsman Books. Archived from the original on 6 April 2012. Retrieved 5 April 2012.
  7. ^ "Camille Martin: Sonnets". www.shearsman.com. Archived from the original on 2010-06-06. Retrieved 2026-02-16.
  8. ^ "BookThug". Archived from the original on 2010-04-18. Retrieved 2008-08-28.
  9. ^ mclennan, rob (November 2011). "Above/Ground Press". Retrieved 5 April 2012.
  10. ^ Mclennan, Rob (2011-11-01). "above/ground press: new from above/ground press: Camille Martin's If Leaf, Then Arpeggio". above/ground press. Retrieved 2026-02-16.
  11. ^ "Lexington Books Catalog". Archived from the original on 2008-09-08. Retrieved 2008-08-28.
  12. ^ Google Books
  13. ^ "Ryerson University, Department of English Faculty". Archived from the original on 2009-02-07. Retrieved 2008-08-28.
  14. ^ "CKLN, In Other Words". Archived from the original on 2007-10-27. Retrieved 2008-08-28.
  15. ^ Martin, Camille. "Rogue Embryo". Retrieved 5 April 2012.
  16. ^ "Web Site of Camille Martin". camillemartin.ca. Archived from the original on 2017-04-21. Retrieved 2026-02-16.
  17. ^ Martin, Camille. "Camille Martin". Archived from the original on 5 April 2012. Retrieved 5 April 2012.
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