The Cleveland Scene's profile of Eugene Marten

IN THE MODERN WORLD of letters, Eugene Marten is an anomaly. No MFA, no writing program, no writers’ group, no conferences, no divine inspiration, no family storytelling tradition, no rich mommy or daddy, no agent. Nothing but Marten writing for two to three hours every day before work. A day’s work before the paying job, usually something manual (not menial) — printer, locksmith, janitor, security guard, driver. The kinds of jobs, necessary but not highly valued, that if properly performed render the doer largely invisible. Not unlike the job of writing a book.
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