David Martinez

Arizonan David Martinez comes to the festival with "Bones Worth Breaking," a critically-acclaimed memoir detailing the unbreakable bond between brothers and a reckoning with the global forces that shaped them. He is a dual citizen of the United States and Brazil. He has  lived in both countries, as well as in Puerto Rico. Martinez's work has appeared in The Coachella Review, the Los Angeles Review of Books, Broken Pencil and Automata Review. He now lives in Glendale.

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Communities: Arizona Author, Hispanic or Latinx, Mixed Race, Neurodivergent

Where Do I Belong?

Belonging can go beyond DNA. Explore identity through a lens of family ties and bonds, and examine unconventional ideas of connection that bind us together.

Student Union Kachina (Seats 100)  
Sat, Mar 15, 10:00 am - 11:00 am
Memoir / Essays / Creative Nonfiction
Signing area: Sales & Signing Area - UA Campus Store Tent (on Mall) (following presentation)  

Panelists: Freda Epum, David Martinez, Oliver Radclyffe
Moderator: Penelope Starr

It's All Relative

Family inheritance is so much more than DNA. Tradition, the culture of our family of origin, and the stories we tell ourselves, all weave a tapestry that binds families together in good times and bad, and writes a life story.

Integrated Learning Center Room 130 (Seats 143, Wheelchair accessible)  
Sun, Mar 16, 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Memoir / Essays / Creative Nonfiction
Signing area: Sales & Signing Area - Integrated Learning Center (following presentation)  

Panelists: Lawrence Ingrassia, David Martinez, Guy Trebay
Moderator: Molly McCloy

Book:

Bones Worth Breaking

A Memoir
Memoir / Essays / Creative Nonfiction
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
April 2024
ISBN 9780374610951
400 pages