Chelsea Martin
Photo of Chelsea Martin
Chelsea Martin, 2013
Born (1986-07-16) July 16, 1986
Santa Rosa, California
OccupationAuthor, artist
NationalityAmerican
EducationCalifornia College of the Arts (BFA)
GenreAlt lit
Notable worksEven Though I Don't Miss You
Website
jerkethics.com

Chelsea Martin (born July 16, 1986) 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 that 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 Publishers 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
  • Caca Dolce (Soft Skull Press, 2017) ISBN 978-1593766771
  • Tell Me I’m an Artist (Soft Skull Press, 2022) ISBN 978-1593767211

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 April 6, 2016.
  2. ↑ "Bookshelf". Glance. California College of the Arts. September 1, 2009. Retrieved April 6, 2016.
  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. ↑ Archived February 6, 2016, at the Wayback Machine 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. Publishers Weekly.
  17. ↑ The Rumpus
  18. ↑ Universal Error
  19. ↑ jerkethics.com
  20. ↑ Hatch, Jeremy DIY Publishing and Markething Seminar August 2010. The Rumpus.
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