Ren Martinez is a Richmond-based writer and performer who has fiction and non-fiction work found in a variety of publications, such as The Mary Sue, RVA Magazine, The Quotable, and Nostrovia Press. She is currently a regular contributor for Quail Bell Magazine and Margins Magazine.
Written in 2018 I’ve been thinking a lot about my life (I think it’s a symptom of turning 30 and screaming internally about everything) and I’ve been doing quite a bit of reminiscing about high school. High school was not a kind place for me. I was suffering from un-diagnosed depression and anxiety and involved … More A Lost Draft Finally Published
i want to open hands like sails and catch the wind my body is a ship about to unmoor and i can hear the tide slapping against the hull of my heart it tastes like salt spray, a siren’s call i’ll skim across the whitecaps until i hit the shoals of a new shore the hull … More Poetry: going with the undertow
My newest review at Quail Bell Magazine is for Lizzie, Speak, a poetry chapbook written by Kailey Tedesco and published by White Stag Publishing. “The ghost of Lizzie Borden lurks within each turn of phrase, each shadow of verse. Sometimes, you are a curious onlooker, peering through the dirty glass of the oddities shop to gaze … More Poetry Review: Lizzie, Speak