Chris (C.J.) Martin teaches first-year writing and rhetoric. He is the author of the poetry collection Two Books (Compline Press), as well as numerous poetry chapbooks and essays. A fine-press bookbinder and letterpress printer, he directs the poetry and art press Further Other Book Works. His interests include discourse studies, counter-forensics, and the politics of noise.

• MFA in Creative Writing, TX State University 
• BA in Literature, TX State University