Yes, he is the same Dannie Martin. His columns, along with
commentary from his editor at the EXAMINER, have been
collected under the title COMMITTING JOURNALISM. I recommend
it to anyone interested in contemporary prison writing.
By the way, I understand Martin is back in prison, currently
in Arizona, I believe.
Kip
btownley@sirius.com (Bruce Townley) on 01/22/2000
08:12:56 PM
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Subject: Re: RARA-AVIS: Re: Ex-Con writers
On Fri, 21 Jan 2000 at 20:14 Paul Hartshorne sent: Re: Ex-Con
writers
>Have you read IN THE HAT by Dannie M. Martin? Martin
is an ex-con who writes
>in a style that reminds me of a written equivalent of
the Naive school of
>painting. Simplistic but engaging, and the cockfight
scenes are scorching!
Wonder if this is the same Martin who used to a column for
the Sunday SAN FRANCISCO EXAMINER while he was still in
prison? This column was a terrific piece of work and very
much in the tone that you describe. A great natural
writer.
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