In 2009, Martin published a third novel, Once You Go Back, with Seven Stories Press. This work was followed by an experimental narrative, Your Body Figured (Nightboat books), which deals with aspects of the lives of the artists Balthus, Francis Bacon and his muse and model George Dyer, and the poet Hart Crane. A volume of poetry, In the Time of Assignments was published by Soft Skull Press in 2008. The Haiku Year was co-authored with Michael Stipe, Tom Gilroy, Jim McKay, Grant Lee Phillips, and others. Martin's work since Outline of My Lover includes Branwell, a novel based on the life of Branwell Brontë, and They Change The Subject, a collection of stories. Outline of My Lover was selected as an International Book of the Year in The Times Literary Supplement by Colm Toibin and adapted in part by The Forsythe Company, along with 'Irony Is Not Enough: Essay On My Life As Catherine Deneuve (2nd draft)' by Anne Carson, for the multimedia production 'Kammer/Kammer'. He teaches at Wesleyan University and in the MFA Program at Goddard College. His doctoral dissertation, which dealt with the work of post-modern writer Kathy Acker, was awarded The Irving Howe Prize for Best Dissertation Involving Politics and Literature in 2007. in English from the CUNY Graduate Center. Martin holds a BA from the University of Georgia, an MFA from The New School, and a Ph.D. Beginning as a performance poet and dramatist, Martin then shifted to the novel form and has concentrated creative energies here since his first full-length prose work, Outline of My Lover. He was raised in Warner Robins, Georgia and moved to New York City in 1998. Martin (born September 29, 1973) is an American poet, a novelist and a short story writer. For other people with the same name, see Douglas Martin (disambiguation).ĭouglas A.

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