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.
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
It’s that time of year again! Quail Bell Magazine is set to roll out its newest anthology, Her Plumage. It’s an anthology of women’s writers and will be released by Emma Eden Ramos‘ Eudaimonia this summer. As an anthology done for charity, all of the proceeds will go to She is Rising, an organization that supports survivors of human trafficking … More Her Plumage