{{short description|American author and illustrator (born 1986)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=April 2016}} {{Infobox writer |image = Chelsea Martin.jpg |alt = Photo of Chelsea Martin |imagesize = 250px |name = Chelsea Martin |caption = Chelsea Martin, 2013 |pseudonym = |birth_name = |birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1986|7|16|mf=y}} |birth_place = Santa Rosa, California |death_date = |death_place = |occupation = Author, artist |nationality = American |education = California College of the Arts (BFA) |period = |genre = Alt lit |subject = |movement = |notableworks = ''Even Though I Don't Miss You'' |spouse = |partner = |children = |relatives = |website = {{URL|jerkethics.com}} }} '''Chelsea Martin''' (born July 16, 1986) is an American author and illustrator.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2010093567.html|title=Martin, Chelsea, 1986–|website=LC Linked Data Service (Library of Congress)|access-date=2016-04-06}}</ref>

== Early life == She received a BFA from California College of the Arts in 2008.<ref>{{Cite journal|date=September 1, 2009|title=Bookshelf|url=https://issuu.com/californiacollegeofthearts/docs/glance|journal=Glance|publisher=California College of the Arts|access-date=2016-04-06}}</ref>

== Career == She is the author of ''Everything Was Fine Until Whatever'' (Future Tense Books, 2009), ''The Really Funny Thing About Apathy'' (Sunnyoutside, 2010),<ref>[https://sunnyoutside.com/releases/050/o.html] '’The Really Funny Thing About Apathy'’, Sunnyoutside</ref> ''Kramer Sutra'' (Universal Error, 2012), and ''Even Though I Don't Miss You'' (Short Flight/Long Drive Books, 2013), which was named one of the Best Indie Books of 2013 by Dazed Magazine<ref>[https://www.dazeddigital.com/artsandculture/article/18116/1/the-best-indie-books-of-2013] The Best Indie Books of 2013, Dazed Digital</ref> and was a small press bestseller.<ref>[http://www.spdbooks.org/pages/bestsellers/poetry/poetry-bestsellers-january-2014.aspx] Small Press Distribution</ref> Her work has also appeared in numerous journals including Poetry Foundation,<ref>[http://www.poetryfoundation.org/poem/238710] ''McDonald's Is Impossible'', Poetry Foundation</ref> Hobart (magazine), Lena Dunham's newsletter ''Lenny Letter''<ref>[http://www.lennyletter.com/culture/a207/winter-poetry-issue-chelsea-martin/] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160206110919/http://www.lennyletter.com/culture/a207/winter-poetry-issue-chelsea-martin/ |date=February 6, 2016 }} ''Mickey'', Lenny Letter</ref> Vice'<ref>[https://www.vice.com/en/article/what-wiping-pee-on-my-face-did-for-my-acne/] ''What Wiping Pee on My Face Did for My Acne'', Vice</ref> and the Alt lit Anthology '’40 Likely To Die Before 40.'’<ref>[http://copingmechanisms.net/40likelytodie] Civil Coping Mechanisms</ref>

Her work has been described as "emotionally honest",<ref>Berton, Justin. [http://www.sfgate.com/thingstodo/article/Chelsea-Martin-3288866.php Chelsea Martin], August 2009. SF Gate.</ref> "provocative and disturbing",<ref>Madera, John.[https://therumpus.net/2009/11/monster-girl-the-rumpus-interview-with-chelsea-martin/ Monster Girl: The Rumpus Interview with Chelsea Martin], November 2009. The Rumpus.</ref> and, "less disaffected than the Alt lit peers she's associated with."<ref>Oyler, Lauren. [https://www.dazeddigital.com/artsandculture/article/18116/1/the-best-indie-books-of-2013] January 2014. Dazed Digital.</ref> Her work has often been compared to that of Harmony Korine.<ref>Madera, John. [https://therumpus.net/2009/06/fubar-nation/ FUBAR Nation] June 2009. The Rumpus.</ref><ref>Sampsell, Kevin. [http://www.powells.com/blog/guests/love-and-hate-by-ksampsell/ Love and Hate] April 2008. Powell's Books.</ref>

Nylon Magazine said her work "feels like a meditation on consciousness, feeling, and of course, the absence of both,"<ref>[https://sunnyoutside.com/releases/050/r.html Sunnyoutisde]</ref> and Publishers Weekly called ''The Really Funny Thing About Apathy'' "a fixation on fleeting incidents in the life of the young and fearful."<ref>[https://www.publishersweekly.com/978-1-934513-24-8 The Really Funny Thing About Apathy: Stories] September 2010. Publishers Weekly.</ref>

== Works and publications == *''Everything Was Fine Until Whatever'' (Future Tense Books, 2009) {{ISBN|978-1892061355}} *''The Really Funny Thing About Apathy'' (Sunnyoutside Press, 2010) {{ISBN|978-1934513248}} *''Even Though I Don't Miss You'' (Short Flight/Long Drive Books, 2013) {{ISBN|978-0989695008}} *''Mickey'' (Curbside Splendor, 2016) {{ISBN|978-1940430737}} *''Caca Dolce'' (Soft Skull Press, 2017) {{ISBN|978-1593766771}} *''Tell Me I’m an Artist'' (Soft Skull Press, 2022) {{ISBN| 978-1593767211}}

==Other work== Martin is a comic artist. Her comic Heavy-Handed was published bi-weekly on The Rumpus in 2012 and 2013.<ref>[https://therumpus.net/author/chelsea-martin/] The Rumpus</ref> She is also the illustrator of the book of poetry ''Four-Letter Poems'' by Joshua Brandon (Universal Error, 2011).

In 2010, Martin founded the art collective Universal Error,<ref>[http://www.universalerror.com] Universal Error</ref> where she is currently Creative Director.<ref>[http://jerkethics.com/about.html] jerkethics.com</ref>

Martin has self-published several chapbooks and comic books, and is a proponent of self-publishing.<ref>Hatch, Jeremy [https://therumpus.net/2010/08/diy-publishing-marketing-seminar-in-sf/ DIY Publishing and Markething Seminar] August 2010. The Rumpus.</ref>

== References == {{Reflist|2}}

==External links== *''[http://www.jerkethics.com/ Official website]'' *''[https://www.universalerror.com/ Universal Error]'' *''[http://www.poetryfoundation.org/poem/238710/ McDonald's Is Impossible]'' at The Poetry Foundation *''[https://therumpus.net/author/chelsea-martin/ Heavy-Handed]'' *''[https://therumpus.net/2009/11/monster-girl-the-rumpus-interview-with-chelsea-martin/ Interview on The Rumpus]'' *''[http://www.wordriot.org/archives/626/ Interview at Word Riot]'' *''[https://web.archive.org/web/20131213163536/http://pequin.org/archives/2008/chelseamartin/dreamdate.php Dream Date on Pequin]''

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