Charles Martin
Charles Martin is Professor of English Emeritus at Queensborough Community College at the City University of New York. Martin s fourth book of poems, Starting from Sleep: New and Selected Poems was nominated for the Pulitzer Prize, as were two previous volumes, What Darkness Proposes and Steal the Bacon. He is the translator of the widely acclaimed The Poems of Catullus and the author of a critical study of Catullus. His translation of Ovid s Metamorphoses won the 2004 Harold Morton Landon...See more
Charles Martin is Professor of English Emeritus at Queensborough Community College at the City University of New York. Martin s fourth book of poems, Starting from Sleep: New and Selected Poems was nominated for the Pulitzer Prize, as were two previous volumes, What Darkness Proposes and Steal the Bacon. He is the translator of the widely acclaimed The Poems of Catullus and the author of a critical study of Catullus. His translation of Ovid s Metamorphoses won the 2004 Harold Morton Landon Translation Award from the Academy of American Poets. See less
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Charles Martin book reviews
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When Crickets Cry
So glad I chose to read this
by Claudia, Jun 21, 2025
I usually avoid books with a medical based storyline, but this is Charles Martin! How could I pass this book by? I am so glad that I didn't. The beautiful language in this book is a key reason for ... Read More
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The Keeper
Outstanding
by Claudia, Apr 1, 2025
David Bishop, AKA Murphy Shepherd, is a best selling novelist; writing is the way he processes life's difficulties and its joys. However, that is not all he is. As Murphy Shepherd he rescues people ... Read More
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The Last Exchange
Original
by Claudia, Oct 5, 2023
Once again Charles Martin gives us an unlikely hero who is willing to lay down his life for others, not just being willing to die for others, but being willing to live for others. He reminds us that ... Read More
