Martin Walls. Courtesy LinkedIn.
Martin Walls (born 1970) is an English-American poet. He was the 1st British-born winner of the U.S. Library of Congress Witter Bynner Fellowship.
Life[]
Youth and education[]
Walls was born in Brighton, England in 1970.
He earned a B.A. (with Honours) from the University of East Anglia. He also attended Purdue University, from which he earned an M.F.A.[1][2] degree.
Career[]
Walls taught poetry writing at Ball State University [3] and the Downtown Writers Center of the Syracuse YMCA Y Arts curriculum.[4] He has also taught at Syracuse University, Onondaga Community College, Cazenovia College, and SUNY Cortland.
He is the author of 3 books of poems. In addition, he edits the "online anthology" The Book of Snails, a collection of poetry and science writing.
Walls' collaboration with photographer Philip MacCabe and graphic designer Shadric Toop can be found at smallhumandetail.com. His blog on sustainability and going green can be read at amosoneplanet.blogspot.com.
Walls' poetry has been published in The Nation, The Ohio Review, Salt Hill, Epoch, The Gettysburg Review, Boulevard, Five Points, Kestrel, Blackbird, Commonweal, Beloit Poetry Journal,and elsewhere. In Syracuse he was a journalist and editor at Eagle Newspapers, where he founded the Solvay-Geddes Express newspaper. As a senior editor at Bentley-Hall, Inc.,,[5] he helped found Making Music, a magazine for amateur musicians. Walls also edited International Musician for the American Federation of Musicians. Walls plays drums, percussion, and resonator guitar.
Walls has been communications manager at the Syracuse Center of Excellence in Environmental and Energy Systems and the Syracuse University Office of Community Engagement and Economic Development. He is a freelance writer and communications manager. His clients include Syracuse University Project Advance, AMP Urology, CNY Jazz Central, and the Bluebell Railway.
Walls lives in Baldwinsville, New York with his wife, Christine, and son Alexander.
Recognition[]
- 2010 Syracuse University Whitman School "40 Under 40" Award
- 2005 Witter Bynner Fellowship of the US Library of Congress
- 2000 A. Brohman Roth "Newcomer Award" from the Syracuse Press Club
- 1998 The Nation/"Discovery" prize
- Breadloaf Writers Conference scholarship
- 2 individual artist grants from the Syracuse Cultural Resources Council
Publications[]
Poetry[]
- Small Human Detail in Care of National Trust. Kalamazoo, MI: New Issues Poetry & Prose, 2000. ISBN 978-0-932826-85-5
- Commonwealth. Greensboro, NC: March Street Press, 2005. ISBN 978-1-59661-016-3
- The Solvay Process: Poems. Rochester, NY: Tiger Bark Press, 2008.
Edited[]
- The Book of Snails (online e-book).[6]
Except where noted, bibliographical information courtesy WorldCat.[7]
See also[]
References[]
Notes[]
- ↑ http://www.cla.purdue.edu/alumni/alumni_notes/index.html
- ↑ http://www.cla.purdue.edu/English/creativewriting/alumni.html
- ↑ http://google.com/search?q=cache:jMc0C13d8SIJ:www.apoetborn.com/tc-archive%255Ctc-walls.cfm+Martin+Walls&cd=71&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us
- ↑ http://www.wab.org/instructors/walls.shtml
- ↑ http://www.pw.org/content/martin_walls
- ↑ The Book of Snails, Weebly. Web, Dec. 11, 2015.
- ↑ Search results = au:Martin Walls, WorldCat, OCLC Online Computer Library Center Inc. Web, Dec. 11, 2015.
External links[]
- Poems
- "A Bend in Onandoga Creek" at Valparaiso Poetry Review
- "Crows" at Blackbird
- "Despatches from The Republic of Winter; 1978". Beloit Poetry Journal 53 (4): 36–37. Summer 2003. http://www.bpj.org/PDF/V53N4.pdf.
- Martin Walls at the Poetry Foundation
- Books
- The Book of Snails
- Martin Walls at Amazon.com
- About
- "Martin Walls" at the Library of Congress
- About Martin Walls, Book of Snails
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