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Christopher Martinez [1]

Listed as: 
Poet, Spoken Word Artist
Email: 
c.l.martinez83@gmail.com
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.

Gives readings: 
Yes
Travels for readings: 
Yes
Favorite authors: 
Nikki Giovanni, Trinidad Sanchez, Sandra Cisneros, Yusef Komunyakaa, and Ebony Stewart.
Twitter/X: 
@ayoroost
Born in: 
Tacoma, WA
Washington
Raised in: 
San Antonio, TX
Texas
Website: 
https://www.clmtz.com [2]
Identifies as: 
Mexican American
Prefers to work with: 
Adults

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Links
[1] https://www.pw.org/directory/writers/christopher_martinez [2] https://www.clmtz.com