Chelsea Martin
Chelsea Martin | |
|---|---|
 Chelsea Martin, 2013 | |
| Born | 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 | |
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
- Everything Was Fine Until Whatever (Future Tense Books, 2009) ISBN 978-1892061355
- The Really Funny Thing About Apathy (Sunnyoutside Press, 2010) ISBN 978-1934513248
- Even Though I Don't Miss You (Short Flight/Long Drive Books, 2013) ISBN 978-0989695008
- Mickey (Curbside Splendor, 2016) ISBN 978-1940430737
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
- ^ "Martin, Chelsea, 1986–". LC Linked Data Service (Library of Congress). Retrieved April 6, 2016.
- ^ "Bookshelf". Glance. California College of the Arts. September 1, 2009. Retrieved April 6, 2016.
- ^ [1] '’The Really Funny Thing About Apathy'’, Sunnyoutside
- ^ [2] The Best Indie Books of 2013, Dazed Digital
- ^ [3] Small Press Distribution
- ^ [4] McDonald's Is Impossible, Poetry Foundation
- ^ [5] Mickey, Lenny Letter
- ^ [6] What Wiping Pee on My Face Did for My Acne, Vice
- ^ [7] Civil Coping Mechanisms
- ^ Berton, Justin. Chelsea Martin, August 2009. SF Gate.
- ^ Madera, John.Monster Girl: The Rumpus Interview with Chelsea Martin, November 2009. The Rumpus.
- ^ Oyler, Lauren. [8] January 2014. Dazed Digital.
- ^ Madera, John. FUBAR Nation June 2009. The Rumpus.
- ^ Sampsell, Kevin. Love and Hate April 2008. Powell's Books.
- ^ Sunnyoutisde
- ^ The Really Funny Thing About Apathy: Stories September 2010. Publisher's Weekly.
- ^ [9] The Rumpus
- ^ [10] Universal Error
- ^ [11] jerkethics.com
- ^ Hatch, Jeremy DIY Publishing and Markething Seminar August 2010. The Rumpus.