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Rodger Martin [1]

Listed as: 
Fiction Writer, Poet
Public address: 
Hancock, NH
New Hampshire US
Email: 
rodgerwriter@myfairpoint.net
Bio: 

Rodger Martin’s third poetry volume, The Battlefield Guide , (Hobblebush) uses locations on battlefields of the Civil War to reflect upon America today. Small Press Review selected The Blue Moon Series (Hobblebush), as its bi-monthly pick of the year. A translation of his work, On The Monadnock, appeared in China in 2006. He received an Appalachia poetry award, a N.H. Council on the Arts Fiction Fellowship, the Bruce Kellner/Monadnock Fellowship to pursue his writing, and fellowships from The National Endowment for the Humanities. In 2012 he was chosen as poet to represent the U.S. at Hangzhou, China’s annual international cultural festival. He serves as co-editor for The Granite State Poetry Series and teaches journalism at Keene State College.

Gives readings: 
Yes
Travels for readings: 
Yes
Born in: 
Lancaster
Raised in: 
Welling
Website: 
https://www.rodgerwriter.com [2]
Prizes won: 

1. Appalachia Award for Poetry
2. Best of Sixty Years of Christianity & Literature
3. Kellner/Monadnock Fellowship for Poetry
4. NH State Council on the Arts Fellowship in Fiction

Identifies as: 
British
German American

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