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Erica Martin

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Born

in Memphis, The United States

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https://ericamartinwrites.com/

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Genre

Young Adult, Nonfiction, Historical Fiction

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Erica Martin is a freelance editor and a poet. Her debut poetry collection, AND WE RISE, was released in February 2022 from Viking Books for Young Readers/Penguin Random House. It received two starred reviews and was an ABA Indies Introduce selection, as well as an ABA Indie Next pick. She was also one of three editors who oversaw the recently released poetry anthology POEMHOOD, from HarperTeen/HarperCollins, which highlights many award-winning and New York Times best-selling authors—including Kwame Alexander and Nikki Giovanni—and has received four starred reviews. Additionally, her poetry has been featured by Oprah Daily.

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	And We Rise 4.31 avg rating — 1,117 ratings — published 2022 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Poemhood: Our Black Revival: History, Folklore & the Black Experience: A Young Adult Poetry Anthology by Amber McBride (Goodreads Author) (editor), Erica Martin (Goodreads Author) (editor), Taylor Byas (Goodreads Author) (editor) 4.22 avg rating — 503 ratings — published 2024 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Hold on." He grabbed a pencil and scrawled excitedly at the paper as if he'd just made a mathematical breakthrough and then looked back up at me. "I just did some calculations, and I've been able to determine that you're full of shit”
― John Green, Looking for Alaska

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“Sometimes
the only way
to catch
your breath
is to
lose it
completely.”
― Tyler Knott Gregson, Chasers of the Light: Poems from the Typewriter Series

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“I love you,
in ways
you've never been
loved,
for reasons you've never been
told,
for longer than you think you
deserved
and with more
than you will ever know existed
inside
me.”
― Tyler Knott Gregson, Chasers of the Light: Poems from the Typewriter Series

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“I do not know
if I
will ever be
complete,
but I know
whatever I am,
You
will always be
the rest of
me.”
― Tyler Knott Gregson, Chasers of the Light: Poems from the Typewriter Series

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