Demetria Martinez Explained
Demetria Martinez (born July 10, 1960) is an American activist, poet, and novelist.[1] [2]
Early life
She was born on July 10, 1960, where she was raised by her grandmother in Albuquerque, New Mexico. She is a graduate of Princeton University with BA from the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs.
In 1988, Martinez was charged with conspiracy for allegedly transporting two Salvadoran women refugees into the United States;[3] she was working as a freelance reporter covering religion and the Sanctuary Movement at the time.[4] She was later acquitted of the charges.[5] During the trial, prosecutors used Martinez's poem "Nativity, For Two Salvadoran Women" in an attempt to build a case against her, a decision Martinez has called a "major error."[6]
Career
Martinez worked as a religion reporter for the Albuquerque Journal in August 1986.[7]
She has been an editor for the National Catholic Review in Tucson, Arizona, since 1990, and teaches in the annual William Joiner Center for the Study of War and Social Consequences at the University of Massachusetts Boston.
Activism
Martinez has been associated with the Sanctuary Movement and with Enlace Comunitario, an Albuquerque-based organization that serves immigrant families experiencing domestic violence.[8]
Awards
Published works
- Three Times a Woman: Chicana Poetry (includes the poem "Turning"), Bilingual Press/Review (Tempe, AZ), 1989
- MotherTongue, Bilingual Press/Editorial Bilingue (Tempe, AZ), 1994, translated into Spanish by Ana Maria de la Fuente and published as Lengua madre, Seix Barral (Barcelona, Spain), 1996
- Breathing between the Lines: Poems, University of Arizona Press (Tucson, AZ), 1997
- The Devil's Workshop, University of Arizona Press (Tucson, AZ), 2002
- Confessions of a Berlitz-Tape Chicana (Chicana and Chicano Visions of the Americas series)
- The Block Captain's Daughter (Chicana and Chicano Visions of the Americas series)
Notes and References
- Web site: Contemporary Authors Online. 2004. December 21, 2015. Biography in Context. Gale.
- Book: Notable Hispanic American Women. registration. Gale. 1993. Detroit.
- News: World Literature Today. Ndegeocello. Me'Shell. 2009. The poet as political activist: a conversation with Demetria Martinez. December 21, 2015. Biography in Context.
- News: The personal is political: readings around town. Levin. Jennifer. July 8, 2016. The Santa Fe New Mexican. March 15, 2019.
- News: New York Times. 1998. 2 Are Acquitted In Entry to U.S. By Illegal Aliens. December 21, 2015. Biography in Context.
- News: Poem freed 'Sanctuary Movement' writer. Rice. Dan. March 23, 2002. Arizona Daily Sun. March 15, 2019.
- Web site: MartÃnez, Demetria Encyclopedia.com . 2023-03-29 . encyclopedia.com.
- Web site: Demetria MartÃnez. Lannan Foundation.
- Web site: Chicana and Chicano Visions of the Americas series.
- Web site: Books by Demetria Martinez and Complete Book Reviews . 2023-03-29 . PublishersWeekly.com . en.
- Book: Telgen, Diane. Notable Hispanic American Women, Volume 1. Cengage Gale. 1993. 9780810375789. https://books.google.com/books?id=dCWqXOE5lmgC&pg=PA258&lpg=PA258&dq=%22chicano+literary+arts+contest%22&source=bl&ots=EQbXtkBYRB&sig=fbQjXR-8G1LEuLiyjVoe2e9be7A&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjc7M7h7uDdAhVk6YMKHQ_lBdEQ6AEwBnoECAQQAQ#v=onepage&q=%22chicano%20literary%20arts%20contest%22&f=false. registration.
- Web site: Demetria Martinez, Author, Activist and Creativity Coach . www.demetriamartinez.com . 24 November 2018.