Martin Dickinson

Poet

Washington, DC

District Of Columbia US

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Author's Bio

Martin has read Emily Dickinson at the Library of Congress for the Favorite Poem Project, and his reflections on “The Grass so little has to do” are included in the project’s anthology, An Invitation to Poetry, edited by Robert Pinsky, Maggie Dietz and Rosemarie Ellis.

Born in Pittsburgh and raised in Pennsylvania and Southeastern Massachusetts, distance runner and lover of nature, he is the father of two sons and a daughter, and grandfather of one grandson. Martin lives in Washington, D.C., where he works for an environmental organization.

Publications & Prizes

Anthology:

World of Water, World of Sand (Shank Painter Publishing, 2006)

Chapbook:

My Concept of Time (Finishing Line Press, 2015)

Journals:

California Quarterly

Heartlodge

Innisfree

Innisfree Poetry Journal

Isotope

nth position

poeticdiversity

Poetry Quarterly

Personal Favorites

What I'm reading now:

The Wild Braid by Kunitz, Old Heart by Plumly, On Becoming a Person by Rogers, Crossing Unmarked Snow by Stafford, Anna Karenina by Tolstoy

More Information

Gives readings:

Yes

Travels for readings:

Yes

Identifies as:

White, Irish American

Prefers to work with:

Adults, Naturalists/Environmentalists

Born in:

Pittsburgh

Raised in:

Scituate, MA

Massachusetts

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Last update: Jan 25, 2014