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title: "2 Michael Martone Quotes - Famous Novelist"
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# Michael Martone

(1955)   Novelist

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Michael Martone is a novelist.

## Quick Facts About Michael Martone

Born August 22, 1955

Profession Novelist

## About Michael Martone

writer (born 1955)... \| Michael Martone is an American author. Since 1977, he has written nearly 30 books and chapbooks. He was a professor at the Program in Creative Writing at the University of Alabama, where he taught from 1996 until his retirement in 2020.

##  Quotes by Michael Martone

> [“In the stories we tell ourselves, we tell ourselves.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-martone/in-the-stories-we-tell-ourselves-we-tell-ourselves/)

Michael Martone

[Stories](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/stories/)

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> [“Every word Martone sets down, finally, a choice that limits the universe, their trail across the page a fossil record of some…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-martone/every-word-martone-sets-down-finally-a-choice-that-limits-the/)

Michael Martone

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fe6/michael-martone-105486_fossil_every-word-martone-sets-down-finally-a-c_2825580.jpg)

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