Award-winning fiction and nonfiction writer, author of Russian Lover and Other Stories
New edition on The Visible Spectrum / Verse Chorus Press
"Jana Martin’s story collection is a force of contemporary nature." — BUST Magazine
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July 16th, 2026: Short Story-thon workshop starts!
I'm teaching a short fiction workshop, starting July 16. Six Thursdays, 6-8 pm, through Writers in the Mountains (WIM). If you took any of my workshops at Wordcafe, this is like that: generative, positive, geared to letting the writing flow and then learning how to build off that first draft.
For more info: writersinthemountains.orgJune 21, 2026: "Ausable Chasm" in La Piccioletta Barca
picciolettabarca.comJune 20th, 2026: Reading at Blue Heron Books
With Susan Rukeyser, Tina Barry, Nina Shengold
Blue Heron Books, 2109 NYS Route 213, High Falls, NY. 6–7 pm.