A Conversation with J. Michael Martinez

Friday, October 18, 2024 6:00 PM EDT
Off-Campus Location, Chubby Squirrel Brewing Company, 10382 Willard Way, Fairfax, VA

Michael Martinez’s latest poetry collection, Tarta Americana, channels the renowned 1950s singer-songwriter Richie Valens in order to challenge our conceptions of race, identity, and desire. Poet Dan Beachy-Quick says, “Tarta Americana is both bildungsroman and protest song, a story of family and love, of the pain of growing up, and wide-eyed witness to the casual racism that culminates in cruel violence.” Sponsored by Mason Creative Writing.