Chelsea Martin

Chelsea Martin

Photo of Chelsea Martin

Chelsea Martin, 2013
Born (1986-07-16) July 16, 1986
Santa Rosa, California
Occupation Author, artist
Nationality United States
Genre Alt lit
Notable works Even Though I Don't Miss You
Website
jerkethics.com

Chelsea Martin (born 1986 in California) is an American author and illustrator.[1]

Early life

She received a BFA from California College of the Arts in 2008.[2]

Career

She is the author of Everything Was Fine Until Whatever (Future Tense Books, 2009), The Really Funny Thing About Apathy (Sunnyoutside, 2010),[3] Kramer Sutra (Universal Error, 2012), and Even Though I Don't Miss You (Short Flight/Long Drive Books, 2013), which was named one of the Best Indie Books of 2013 by Dazed Magazine[4] and was a small press bestseller.[5] Her work has also appeared in numerous journals including Poetry Foundation,[6] Hobart (magazine), Lena Dunham's newsletter Lenny Letter[7] Vice'[8] and the Alt lit Anthology '’40 Likely To Die Before 40.'’[9]

Her work has been described as "emotionally honest",[10] "provocative and disturbing",[11] and, "less disaffected than the Alt lit peers she's associated with."[12] Her work has often been compared to the work of Harmony Korine.[13][14]

Nylon Magazine said her work "feels like a meditation on consciousness, feeling, and of course, the absence of both,"[15] and Publisher's Weekly called The Really Funny Thing About Apathy "a fixation on fleeting incidents in the life of the young and fearful."[16]

Works and publications

Other Work

Martin is a comic artist. Her comic Heavy-Handed was published bi-weekly on The Rumpus in 2012 and 2013.[17] She is also the illustrator of the book of poetry Four-Letter Poems by Joshua Brandon (Universal Error, 2011).

In 2010, Martin founded the art collective Universal Error,[18] where she is currently Creative Director.[19]

Martin has self-published several chapbooks and comic books, and is a proponent of self-publishing.[20]

References

  1. "Martin, Chelsea, 1986–". LC Linked Data Service (Library of Congress). Retrieved 2016-04-06.
  2. "Bookshelf". Glance. California College of the Arts. September 1, 2009. Retrieved 2016-04-06.
  3. '’The Really Funny Thing About Apathy'’, Sunnyoutside
  4. The Best Indie Books of 2013, Dazed Digital
  5. Small Press Distribution
  6. McDonald's Is Impossible, Poetry Foundation
  7. Mickey, Lenny Letter
  8. What Wiping Pee on My Face Did for My Acne, Vice
  9. Civil Coping Mechanisms
  10. Berton, Justin. Chelsea Martin, August 2009. SF Gate.
  11. Madera, John.Monster Girl: The Rumpus Interview with Chelsea Martin, November 2009. The Rumpus.
  12. Oyler, Lauren. January 2014. Dazed Digital.
  13. Madera, John. FUBAR Nation June 2009. The Rumpus.
  14. Sampsell, Kevin. Love and Hate April 2008. Powell's Books.
  15. Sunnyoutisde
  16. The Really Funny Thing About Apathy: Stories September 2010. Publisher's Weekly.
  17. The Rumpus
  18. Universal Error
  19. jerkethics.com
  20. Hatch, Jeremy DIY Publishing and Markething Seminar August 2010. The Rumpus.

External links

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