B. 1999
Julián Martinez, a Latino man with curly dark hair, sits at a picnic bench in front of a rainbow-painted fence, a glass bottle of water at his side.

Photo by Anna Tighe.

Julián Martinez (he/him) is the son of Mexican and Cuban immigrants and is from Waukegan, Illinois. He is the author of the poetry chapbook This Place Is Covered Head to Toe in Shit (Ghost City Press, 2024). His work has been published in HAD, Hooligan Mag, Little Engines, and elsewhere.