Poet and collage artist Camille Martin grew up in Lafayette, Louisiana. A classical pianist from an early age, she earned a Master of Music degree from the Eastman School of Music. She lived for many years in New Orleans, earning an MFA in Poetry from the University of New Orleans and a PhD in English from Louisiana State University. She has resided in Toronto since 2005.

Looms is Martin’s fourth book of poetry. A chapbook of poems from this collection was published as If Leaf, Then Arpeggio (Above/Ground Press, 2011). Her previous books are Sonnets (Shearsman Books, 2010), Codes of Public Sleep (BookThug, 2007), and Sesame Kiosk (Potes & Poets, 2001).

Camille Martin blogs about poetry here.

Her website is here.