Chrissy Martin is a poet, editor, professor, and pop culture connoisseur. Her work has appeared in Gulf Coast, Cherry Tree, swamp pink, Harpur Palate, and elsewhere, earning nominations for the Pushcart Prize and Best New Poets. She holds a PhD from Oklahoma State University and an MFA from Columbia College Chicago. Co-founder and Poetry Director of Arcturus, she is also an assistant professor of English at Centenary College of Louisiana. She lives with her partner, Ryan, and teacup poodle and muse, Toby. Find her at www.chrissymartinpoetry.com.

"Whole, Holy, Hot stretches the limits of desire: speaking the language and mess of the

body, embracing and cursing 'the machine' of it. Bathing in popular culture, Martin

owns a handmade pain, drawing new lines with a ferocity of voice until she powers

through: 'I am happy with my little engine. / I am busy with my productive.' An unruly,

fearless book."

- Jan Beatty, author of Dragstripping

"This collection captures the realities of chronic illness and disability with language that

transcends mere description into art. I nod at a phrase that reflects like a kaleidoscope,

a poem that takes my breath-reminded I am not alone."

- Esmé Weijun Wang, author of The Collected Schizophrenias

"The poems of Whole, Holy, Hot defiantly sing of the disabled body that is still a sensual

body, of the body that feels both chronic pain and desire. Chrissy Martin writes with

radiance and wit, and forbids sentimentality. And for all of the pain, grief, and rage it

contains, this is ultimately a rousing work of corporeal celebration: 'Let me / revel in my

body's own brilliance, my raw naked hurt.'"

-Nicky Beer, author of Real Phonies and Genuine Fakes

Publisher: Write Bloody Publishing

Pub date: 2026-04-17

Length: 100 pages