David Tomas Martinez

David Tomas Martinez received his MFA from San Diego State University. He is the author of Post Traumatic Hood Disorder (Sarabande Books, 2018) and Hustle (Sarabande Books, 2014), winner of the Devil's Kitchen Poetry Reading Award. A recipient of a Pushcart Prize and the Verlaine Poetry Prize, Martinez has received fellowships from CantoMundo, the Bread Loaf Writers’ Conference, and the National Endowment for the Arts. He was the Guest Editor for Poem-a-Day for Hispanic Heritage Month, from September 14–October 13, 2020, and lives in Brooklyn, New York.