Michael A. Martone
Encyclopedia
Michael A. Martone is a professor at the creative writing program at the University of Alabama
, and is the author of several books. His 2005 book Michael Martone, originally written as a series of contributor's notes for various publications, is an investigation of form and autobiography. Martone's most recent book, Four for a Quarter, is a collection of fictions published under the pseudonym Michael Martone, a moniker derived from a Tuscaloosa zombiegaze band of the same name. The band, evidently, derives its name from Mike Martone, the hockey player, who, as it turns out, was named after Michael A. Martone, the writer.
University of Alabama
The University of Alabama is a public coeducational university located in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, United States....
, and is the author of several books. His 2005 book Michael Martone, originally written as a series of contributor's notes for various publications, is an investigation of form and autobiography. Martone's most recent book, Four for a Quarter, is a collection of fictions published under the pseudonym Michael Martone, a moniker derived from a Tuscaloosa zombiegaze band of the same name. The band, evidently, derives its name from Mike Martone, the hockey player, who, as it turns out, was named after Michael A. Martone, the writer.
Works
- (1977) At a Loss (fiction)
- (1984) Alive and Dead in Indiana (fiction)
- (1985) Return to Powers (nonfiction)
- (1988) Safety Patrol (fiction)
- (1988) A Place of Sense: Pieces of the Midwest (editor of nonfiction anthology)
- (1990) Fort Wayne Is Seventh on Hitler’s List (fiction)
- (1992) Townships: Pieces of the Midwest (editor of nonfiction anthology)
- (1992) Fort Wayne Is Seventh on Hitler’s List [Revised and Expanded] (fiction)
- (1994) Pensées: The Thoughts of Dan Quayle (fiction)
- (1995) Seeing Eye (fiction)
- (1999) The Flatness and Other Landscapes]] (nonfiction)
- (1999) The Scribner Anthology of Contemporary Short Fiction: Fifty North American American Stories Since 1970 (editor with Lex Williford of fiction anthology)
- (2001) The Blue Guide to Indiana (ISBN 1-57366-095-7) (fiction)
- (2002) 101 Damnations (ISBN 0-312-28480-2) (contributor)
- (2003) Extreme Fiction: Fabulists and Formalists (editor with Robin HemleyRobin HemleyRobin Hemley, born May 28, 1958 in New York City, is a Jewish American nonfiction and fiction writer, author of eight books, most recently, DO-OVER! In which a forty-eight-year-old father of three returns to kindergarten, summer camp, the prom, and other embarrassments...
of fiction anthology) - (2005) Michael Martone (fiction)
- (2005) Unconventions: Attempting the Art of Craft and the Craft of Art (nonfiction)
- (2006) Night Terrors: An Introduction to Zombigaze (meta-biography)
- (2006) Rules of Thumb: 73 Authors Reveal Their Fiction Writing Fixations (editor of anthology)
- (2007) Double-Wide: Collected Fiction of Michael Martone (fiction)
- (2008) Racing in Place: Collages, Fragments, Postcards, Ruins (nonfiction)
- (2009) Not Normal, Illinois: Peculiar Fictions from the Flyover (editor of fiction anthology)
- (2011) Four for a Quarter: Fictions (fiction)