If you're reading a book that I've written in the first person, without named characters, you will periodically perhaps as a reader… — Douglas A. Martin Book Copy Share Image
I'm always writing a new book even when books are being shopped around, and none of my books has been published in… — Douglas A. Martin Book Copy Share Image
I think Stephen Crane too becomes trapped in a myth that poetry should be operating at a certain level, that there's the… — Douglas A. Martin Book Copy Share Image
William Faulkner was the master of what one must do to be serious. But I don't understand why people haven't moved forward… — Douglas A. Martin Difficult Copy Share Image
I say sometimes that I'm a poet but I work in the novel form. That's what I do. That's what makes sense… — Douglas A. Martin Make sense Copy Share Image
As a gay writer and someone who began by writing autobiographical fiction, it's hard to get away from chatter of "You're just… — Douglas A. Martin Autobiographical Copy Share Image
I can start with the idea of taking until you can take off, through the idea that all of my writing foregrounds… — Douglas A. Martin Circumstances Copy Share Image
I'm writing as I'm reading. I'm constantly already engaged in dialogue with the critics. None of these are my ideas solely. They… — Douglas A. Martin Being responsible Copy Share Image
