Eric B. Martin's Writings
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Article
Jan.29.2013
Indy Week
"The well-ballyhooed Duke-OSU game began with an excellent entry pass to Mason Plumlee, who scorched his man one-on-one for the first Duke basket of the game. Shortly thereafter, he was summarily evicted from the key by large red-clad men for the remainder of the half. Children were born, marriages failed, and fall turned into winter while Duke went 10 minutes...
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Jan.29.2013
Indy Week
Adventures in sports writing, continued:
“The main thing that Quinn has done is that he hasn’t shown any weakness. He has a great face, a great demeanor and he’s in incredible shape.” — Coach K on Duke point guard and Battle4Atlantis MVP Quinn Cook
Over the extended Thanksgiving weekend, Duke beat three defensive-minded teams in three days to win the...
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Article
Jan.29.2013
Indy Week
Another adventure in sports writing: excerpt below, click link for article.
“ Kelly is not a fast person, after all, and Jefferson and Sulaimon both run well, as does Mason Plumlee, while for his part Quinn Cook often has looked like a cheetah born into a family of camels, working hard amid the desert of flawless half court execution but longing for...
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Article
Dec.22.2011
Indy Week
The sudden realization of a dream I'd forgotten I ever had: covering a Duke basketball game for the local newspaper.
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Essay
Nov.09.2011
The Rumpus
I. Non-fiction rules!
Starting as far back as 50 years ago, non-fiction set out to crush fiction in the book world. In the 1920s, fiction outsold non-fiction four to one; by the 1960s, non-fiction had flipped the script, outselling fiction four-to-one. Fast forward to the 21st century, when the sale of memoirs increased 400%...
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Essay
Sep.16.2011
The Rumpus
Part I: Four reasons why you should read American Subversive.
1. Why don’t real lefties bomb and kill? Unless you count the Unabomber—and how can you really?—the white American left hasn’t really blown anything up since the 1970s, when the Weather Underground, who feature prominently in American Subversive, David Goodwillie’s first novel,...
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Article
Sep.16.2011
The Rumpus
PART I: WHY RUMSFELD, WHY THIS BOOK?
Donald Rumsfeld is my grandmother.
He is also my father. Like many of us, he is a writer; like our heroes, he wants to change the world; like our villains, he was almost great, but he almost wrought destruction. He’s the scholarship kid at Princeton, a Tobias Wolff or Harry Potter. Like all compelling...
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About Eric
Eric B. Martin is a novelist, author of four books including Donald, The Virgin's Guide to Mexico and Winners, which was a finalist for the Northern California Book Award. He has been honored as a Fulbright Fellow, Michener Fellow, an American Short Fiction...