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CHRISTOPHER BRIAN MARTIN Curriculum Vitae [email protected] www.christopher-martin.net BIOGRAPHY Christopher Martin is author of This Gladdening Light: An Ecology of Fatherhood and Faith, which won the 2015 Will D. Campbell Award in Creative Nonfiction and will be published by Mercer University Press in 2017. He is also author of the poetry collections Marcescence: Poems from Gahneesah (Finishing Line Press, 2014), Everything Turns Away: Poems from Acworth and the Allatoonas (La Vita Poetica Press, 2014), and A Conference of Birds (New Native Press, 2012). Chris’s work has appeared in publications across the country, including American Public Media’s On Being, Broad River Review, Buddhist Poetry Review, Loose Change, McSweeney’s, Pilgrimage, Poecology, Ruminate Magazine, Shambhala Sun, Still: The Journal, Thrush Poetry Journal, and Waccamaw. His poems are anthologized in Hard Lines: Rough South Poetry (University of South Carolina Press, 2016), The World is Charged: Poetic Engagements with Gerard Manley Hopkins (Clemson University Press, forthcoming), Stone, River, Sky: An Anthology of Georgia Poems (Negative Capability Press, 2015), and The Southern Poetry Anthology (Texas Review Press, 2012). Chris is the editor of Flycatcher, a contributing editor at New Southerner, and winner of the 2014 George Scarbrough Award for Poetry. He is an instructor of English at Georgia Highlands College, the creative nonfiction instructor at the Appalachian Young Writers Workshop, and a board member of the Acworth Cultural Arts Center. In this latter capacity, he founded and hosts SHORE: Acworth’s Creative Reading Series. Chris holds an MA in Professional Writing from Kennesaw State University, where he was recognized as the 2013 Outstanding Graduate Student of the Year and winner of the 2014 Robert W. Hill Award in Graduate Writing. He lives with his wife and their two young children in northwest Georgia, between the Allatoona Range and Kennesaw Mountain. MARTIN CV 1 EDUCATION Master of Arts in Professional Writing Kennesaw State University, 2013 Field of Study: Professional Writing Concentration: Creative Writing Secondary Concentrations: Applied Writing and Composition/Rhetoric Thesis: Second Coming on South Cobb Drive: Poems Now titled All Formations, All Creatures, Second Coming on South Cobb Drive is a full-length poetry collection that is nearing publication, having placed highly in national competitions. As a result of my work in this program, I was named a University Scholar and 2013 Outstanding Graduate Student of the Year. I also earned the 2013 – 2014 Robert W. Hill Award in Graduate Writing and graduated with honors. Dr. H. William Rice, English Department Chair at Kennesaw State, presented my achievements in the MAPW program as representative of the English Department, and indeed the entire College of Humanities and Social Sciences, at Kennesaw State University’s 2014 All Boards Day. Bachelor of Science in Middle Grades Education Kennesaw State University, 2009 Field of Study: Middle Grades Education Concentrations: English and Social Studies CURRENT POSITIONS Instructor of English, Georgia Highlands College. August 2014 – Present. Part-time. Creative Nonfiction Instructor, Appalachian Young Writers Workshop, in conjunction with Humanities Tennessee. Lincoln Memorial University, Harrogate, TN. June 2014 – Present. Part-time. This is a weeklong residential workshop that takes place each June. The 2016 workshop will be my third summer with AYWW, and my involvement is ongoing. Freelance Editor, Allatoona Creative. August 2010 – Present. Part-time. I have edited projects in multiple genres—including academic essays, poetry collections, novels, and children’s books—for writers of varying levels of experience. A novella that I copyedited was featured on WABE in October 2015. I am able to provide testimonials on request. VOLUNTEER POSITIONS IN LITERARY SERVICE AND STEWARDSHIP Board Member, Acworth Cultural Arts Center. December 2015 – Present. I am primarily responsible for coordinating the ACAC’s literary initiatives, as well as providing input on and assisting with various other functions of this community-oriented non-profit organization. www.acworthculturalarts.org Program Coordinator, Allatoona Book Festival. December 2015 – Present. The inaugural Allatoona Book Festival will take place in Acworth, GA, in October 2016. I supported its inception, scheduled its keynote (Janisse Ray), and wrote much of the content for a $2,000 grant that the MARTIN CV 2 Georgia Humanities Council recently awarded to the Acworth Cultural Arts Center to make the Allatoona Book Festival a reality. Founder and Coordinator, SHORE: Acworth’s Creative Reading Series. December 2015 – Present. Set in downtown Acworth and backed by the Acworth Cultural Arts Center, SHORE is a monthly reading series I founded to support the literary arts and nurture community through shared passion for the written word. I direct the creative vision for the series, schedule readers, and assist with promotion and hosting. Founding Editor, Flycatcher. June 2011 – Present. Flycatcher is an award-winning online art and literary journal driven by the themes of empathy, ecology, and belonging. I direct its team of volunteer editors and am responsible for the journal’s creative direction, content, and promotion, in addition to publishing each issue. www.flycatcherjournal.org Contributing Editor, New Southerner. July 2012 – Present. New Southerner is an online magazine promoting environmental stewardship and local economies. I write a commissioned blog—Kairos and Crisis: Race, Religion, and Social Justice in the South—for New Southerner, and also contribute book reviews and assist with editing. www.newsoutherner.com STUDENT SERVICE Success Coach, Georgia Highlands College. August 2015 – Present. As a volunteer member of GHC’s Success Coaching Initiative, I assist a group of first-year students for two semesters at a time, serving as their point of contact and mentor. RELATED EXPERIENCE Editorial Assistant, The Southern Poetry Anthology. August 2013 – August 2015. A multi-volume anthology featuring contemporary poetry of the American South. Poetry Workshop Instructor, Mountain Heritage Literary Festival. “Place: Literal and Psychological Landscapes,” co-taught with Rosemary Royston. Lincoln Memorial University, Harrogate, TN. June 2013. Media Outreach, One For Ten. February – August 2013. An award-winning film series about innocence and the death penalty. Special Education Teacher, Cobb County Schools. August – December 2009. Special Education Paraprofessional, Cobb County Schools. August 2006 – May 2008. MARTIN CV 3 BOOK PUBLICATIONS NONFICTION This Gladdening Light: An Ecology of Fatherhood and Faith Full-Length Essay Collection Winner of the 2015 Will D. Campbell Award in Creative Nonfiction Mercer University Press, forthcoming 2017 POETRY Marcescence: Poems from Gahneesah (co-authored with David King) Chapbook Finishing Line Press, 2014 Everything Turns Away Chapbook La Vita Poetica Press, 2014 A Conference of Birds Chapbook New Native Press, 2012 Everything Turns Away and A Conference of Birds are permanently housed at Duke University’s David M. Rubenstein Rare Book and Manuscript Library. OTHER PUBLICATIONS POETRY Anthologized Poems “Parable of the Red-tailed Hawks.” The World Is Charged: Poetic Engagements with Gerard Manley Hopkins (Clemson University Press, forthcoming). “Parable of the Carolina Chickadee.” Hard Lines: Rough South Poetry (University of South Carolina Press, 2016). “Visiting Wildman’s Civil War Surplus and Herb Shop.” Hard Lines: Rough South Poetry (University of South Carolina Press, 2016). “Marcescence.” Stone, River, Sky: An Anthology of Georgia Poems (Negative Capability Press, 2015). “Second Coming on South Cobb Drive.” Thrush Poetry Journal: An Anthology of the First Two Years (Thrush Press, 2014). “At the Periodic Table Display, Tellus Science Museum, Cartersville, Georgia.” Thrush Poetry Journal: An Anthology of the First Two Years (Thrush Press, 2014). “Revelation on the Cherokee County Line.” The Southern Poetry Anthology, Volume V: Georgia (Texas Review Press, 2012). “Antidote to Narcissus.” The Southern Poetry Anthology, Volume V: Georgia (Texas Review Press, 2012). MARTIN CV 4 Poems as Broadsides “The Wish to Sing with Primitives Baptists” (La Vita Poetica Press, forthcoming). “My Children Pile Sticks on a Headstone” (Occasional Snakes Press, 2014). “Marcescence” (Thrush Press, 2012). Poems in Journals and Other Media “After St. Francis.” Sanctuary (2016). “Hummingbird, New Hope McDonald’s.” Sanctuary (2016). “Shady Dale Nirvana.” Sanctuary (2016). “Jethro.” Sanctuary (2016). “Catching Salamanders at Indian Grave Gap.” Bridge Eight (2015). “Psalm 139.” Broad River Review (2015). “My Children Pile Sticks on a Headstone.” Old Red Kimono (2015). “Silence at New Echota.” Old Red Kimono (2015). “Feeding American Bison at the Yellow River Game Ranch.” Poecology (2014). “Listening to Fables on Old 41.” Raven Chronicles (2014). “Two Possums.” The Best of Loose Change Magazine (2014). “The Nuthatch.” Calamaro (2014.) “My Daughter Laughs in Her Sleep.” Menacing Hedge (2014). “You Have Turned My Mourning into Dancing.” Menacing Hedge (2014). “A Privy on the Appalachian Trail.” Menacing Hedge (2014). “My Old Man Turns Off Lithium.” Menacing Hedge (2014). “Incarnation on the Fall Line Highway.” Menacing Hedge (2014). “The Fox.” Menacing Hedge (2014). “Ringneck Snake, Lake Acworth Trail.” Town Creek Poetry (2014).

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