Christopher Martinez

Poet, Spoken Word Artist

Author's Bio

Christopher L. “Rooster” Martinez is a spoken word poet and educator from San Antonio, TX. He earned an MA/MFA program in Creative Writing, Literature and Social Justice from OLLU. His work has appeared in Button Poetry, The Huffington Post Latino Voices, the Pittsburgh Poetry Review, Pilgrimage Press, and Sagebrush Review.  He is the author of A Saint for Lost Things (Alabrava Press, 2020), and As it is in Heaven (Kissing Dynamite Poetry Press, 2020) and was a writer on the play, American Pride, which won two Alamo Theater Arts Council Globe Awards for original writing and overall production.

Publications & Prizes

Poetry

Chapbook:
As it is in Heaven (Kissing Dynamite Poetry Press, 2020)
Journals: ,
Fifth Wednesday Journal
,
Pilgrimage Magazine

Spoken Word

Performances:
Woke AF (2019)
,
Abrasive Be (2017)
,
Sewell Park (2017)
,
"A Very Brown Poem" (2016)
,
Bonfire Children (2016)
,
Why Torchy's Tacos Belong in Hell (2016)

Personal Favorites

Favorite authors: 
Nikki Giovanni, Trinidad Sanchez, Sandra Cisneros, Yusef Komunyakaa, and Ebony Stewart.

More Information

Gives readings: 
Yes
Travels for readings: 
Yes
Identifies as: 
Mexican American
Prefers to work with: 
Adults
Born in: 
Tacoma, WA
Washington
Raised in: 
San Antonio, TX
Texas
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Last update: Oct 19, 2020