S5E5 -Julián Martinez: We Could Use More Weird

About this episode

Julián Martinez discusses his background as the son of immigrants and his upcoming debut fiction collection.

Julián Martinez is the son of Mexican and Cuban immigrants and is from Waukegan, IL. His work has appeared in HAD, Rejection Letters, X-R-A-Y and elsewhere. His debut fiction collection will be published in Spring 2027 by Future Tense Books. 🎧 Like what you hear? Rate and review Textual Healing on Spotify or Apple Podcasts . It seriously helps us reach more listeners. 🌐 Visit us: https://textualpodcast.com 📲 Follow: Twitter | Instagram | Bluesky: @mallorysmart.bsky.social 🔗 More from Mallory: https://mallorysmart.com 🎵 Beats by God’Aryan

People in this episode

Host: Mallory Smart

Guest: Julián Martinez

Topics covered

• immigration
• fiction
• writing
• literature
• identity
• art

Keywords

• Julián Martinez
• fiction collection
• immigrants
• Waukegan
• Future Tense Books
• literary works
• writing

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Future Tense Books

Books & works: HAD, Rejection Letters, X-R-A-Y

Places: Waukegan, IL

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