C. J. Martin lives in San Marcos, TX, where he recently transitioned from teaching at Texas State University to working as a bookbinder's assistant at BookLab II. With Julia Drescher, he edited Dos Press, and he's currently on the masthead for Little Red Leaves & LRL e-editions. He's the author of four chapbooks: 1978 (self-published, 2010); WIW?3: Hold me tight. Make me happy (Delete Press, 2009); Lo, Bittern (Atticus/Finch, 2008) and CITY (Vigilance Society, 2007). His essays and reviews have appeared or are forthcoming in ON: CONTEMPORARY PRACTICE and Jacket2.