Martin Walls


Martin Walls is a British-American poet and the first British-born winner of the US Library of Congress Witter Bynner Fellowship.

Biography

Martin Walls was born in Brighton, England in 1970 and now lives in Baldwinsville, New York with his wife, Christine, and their child Alex. A US Library of Congress Witter Bynner Fellow, he is the author of three books of poems: , , and
In addition, Walls edits the "online anthology" , a collection of poetry and science writing.
Walls's collaboration with photographer Philip MacCabe and graphic designer Shadric Toop can be found at His blog on sustainability and going green can be read at
Walls's poetry has been published in The Nation, The Ohio Review, Salt Hill, Epoch, The Gettysburg Review, Boulevard, Five Points, Kestrel, Blackbird, Commonweal, Beloit Poetry Journal, and elsewhere.
He holds a BA from the University of East Anglia, England. He also attended Purdue University, from which he holds an M.F.A. degree.
He has taught poetry writing at Ball State University and the , part of the Syracuse YMCA Y Arts curriculum. He has also taught at Syracuse University, Onondaga Community College, Cazenovia College, and SUNY Cortland.
In Syracuse he was a journalist and editor at Eagle Newspapers, where he founded the Solvay-Geddes Express newspaper. As a senior editor at Bentley-Hall, Inc., he helped found , a magazine for amateur musicians. Walls also edited for the . Walls plays drums, percussion, and resonator guitar.
Walls is communications manager for the at Syracuse University. He has been communications manager at the and the Syracuse University Office of Community Engagement and Economic Development. He has also performed communications work for Syracuse University Project Advance, , , and the Bluebell Railway.

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