Dawn Lundy Martins
Biographic Data
| ID | 3672199 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Dawn Lundy Martins |
| GIVEN NAMES | Dawn Lundy |
| FAMILY NAME | Martins |
| SIGNATURE | MARTINS D L |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 12 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 12 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1999 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
A Black Poetics
Being black is an impossible location for selfhood. In social space, the black body has to negotiate what's being “imposed” and “recognized” in the encounter with an other, which makes for an inevitable slippage between perception and projection. It itches in this gap. But this gap is also productive of black social life, constructed in part because of the tension inside of this slippage and certainly in relation to it. “A Black Poetics: Against …
The Rules of the Game
This dossier on race and innovation collects a diverse group of poets who engage the following questions in their work: Is there perhaps something about innovation or experimentation that gives race a new name, a new dimension? Is there room for black-hand sides, coon play, other difficult (sometimes painful) racial humor? Is there something about being “of a darker hue” and the social experience in the world accompanying that bodily existence th…
He touched the person, meaning to heal them, but instead, they pass away
"He touched the person, meaning to heal them, but instead, they pass away"* Dawn Lundy Martin (bio) . . . Instead, in one's own person, a mishap— When one begins to decide something based on incomplete information. What one needs for protection. Sometimes you can kill another person and not feel bad about it. You don't want to do it. But, if you're on a street at night and it's dangerous, a stranger approaches, you can use that. When one floats a…
No map or directions
"No map or directions"* Dawn Lundy Martin (bio) . . . Or forest or company. Or other unchecked situations. As a result, some heretofore unknown architecture in place of our weapons of security? All expertise slips off the ledge. Deception is often a reciprocal activity. When desire is not produced by what you don't have. What happens in the space between the figure and what is cast. When I'm a woman there are all these women saying opening is ver…
Drunk with what
"Drunk with what?With wine, with poetry, or with virtue, as you please. But get drunk"* Dawn Lundy Martin (bio) . . . And in likeness, foreignness or incompatibility. Which strain darkens the hair? If one could be giddy with difference this is it. We drink tequila by the capful to prevent drinking tequila by the glass. In this visioning everything is slowed down to recognizable speed. A seduction in minutiae. Tangential becomes a kind of center. …
What the Memory Predicts
Bearers of Arms 1775-1783
Dawn Lundy Martin is studying for the PhD degree in English literature at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. She has a Master's degree in English/creative writing from San Francisco State University. Dawn is working on her first collection of poems titled Other Americas
Violent Rooms
Dawn Lundy Martin is studying for the PhD degree in English literature at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. She has a Master's degree in English/creative writing from San Francisco State University. Dawn is working on her first collection of poems titled Other Americas
Homecomings
What the Memory Predicts
Callaloo - Volume 23, Number 1, Winter 2000
Sunday Lessons
Dawn Lundy Martin is studying for the PhD degree in English literature at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. She has a Master's degree in English/creative writing from San Francisco State University. Dawn is working on her first collection of poems titled Other Americas
The Morning Hour
The Morning Hour Dawn Lundy Martin (bio) Cave Canem: A Special Section And these hands my mother’s. Washed. When washing was—when clean could not be. To wrap the body in cotton. What imprisons. When carrying humped— And these bald knuckles from her. The lips tight. Damp. This Desire. Beyond that. A tiny voice. The foreign woman who bends over—is spotted. Her wind is taken. A closed back. Turned in. Centered. A world shut out. The infinite lines w…
A Black Poetics
Being black is an impossible location for selfhood. In social space, the black body has to negotiate what's being “imposed” and “recognized” in the encounter with an other, which makes for an inevitable slippage between perception and projection. It itches in this gap. But this gap is also productive of black social life, constructed in part because of the tension inside of this slippage and certainly in relation to it. “A Black Poetics: Against …
The Morning Hour
The Morning Hour Dawn Lundy Martin (bio) Cave Canem: A Special Section And these hands my mother’s. Washed. When washing was—when clean could not be. To wrap the body in cotton. What imprisons. When carrying humped— And these bald knuckles from her. The lips tight. Damp. This Desire. Beyond that. A tiny voice. The foreign woman who bends over—is spotted. Her wind is taken. A closed back. Turned in. Centered. A world shut out. The infinite lines w…
Bearers of Arms 1775-1783
Dawn Lundy Martin is studying for the PhD degree in English literature at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. She has a Master's degree in English/creative writing from San Francisco State University. Dawn is working on her first collection of poems titled Other Americas
Violent Rooms
Dawn Lundy Martin is studying for the PhD degree in English literature at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. She has a Master's degree in English/creative writing from San Francisco State University. Dawn is working on her first collection of poems titled Other Americas
Homecomings
What the Memory Predicts
Callaloo - Volume 23, Number 1, Winter 2000
Sunday Lessons
Dawn Lundy Martin is studying for the PhD degree in English literature at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. She has a Master's degree in English/creative writing from San Francisco State University. Dawn is working on her first collection of poems titled Other Americas
What the Memory Predicts
He touched the person, meaning to heal them, but instead, they pass away
"He touched the person, meaning to heal them, but instead, they pass away"* Dawn Lundy Martin (bio) . . . Instead, in one's own person, a mishap— When one begins to decide something based on incomplete information. What one needs for protection. Sometimes you can kill another person and not feel bad about it. You don't want to do it. But, if you're on a street at night and it's dangerous, a stranger approaches, you can use that. When one floats a…
No map or directions
"No map or directions"* Dawn Lundy Martin (bio) . . . Or forest or company. Or other unchecked situations. As a result, some heretofore unknown architecture in place of our weapons of security? All expertise slips off the ledge. Deception is often a reciprocal activity. When desire is not produced by what you don't have. What happens in the space between the figure and what is cast. When I'm a woman there are all these women saying opening is ver…
Drunk with what
"Drunk with what?With wine, with poetry, or with virtue, as you please. But get drunk"* Dawn Lundy Martin (bio) . . . And in likeness, foreignness or incompatibility. Which strain darkens the hair? If one could be giddy with difference this is it. We drink tequila by the capful to prevent drinking tequila by the glass. In this visioning everything is slowed down to recognizable speed. A seduction in minutiae. Tangential becomes a kind of center. …
The Rules of the Game
This dossier on race and innovation collects a diverse group of poets who engage the following questions in their work: Is there perhaps something about innovation or experimentation that gives race a new name, a new dimension? Is there room for black-hand sides, coon play, other difficult (sometimes painful) racial humor? Is there something about being “of a darker hue” and the social experience in the world accompanying that bodily existence th…
A Black Poetics
Being black is an impossible location for selfhood. In social space, the black body has to negotiate what's being “imposed” and “recognized” in the encounter with an other, which makes for an inevitable slippage between perception and projection. It itches in this gap. But this gap is also productive of black social life, constructed in part because of the tension inside of this slippage and certainly in relation to it. “A Black Poetics: Against …
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