Herbert Martin

Herbert Woodward Martin was Professor of English and Poet-In-Residence at The University of Dayton for more than three decades, where he taught Creative Writing and African American Literature. He is the author of ON THE FLYLEAF: POEMS (Bottom Dog Press, 2013), as well as eight previous volumes of poetry, including ESCAPE TO THE PROMISED LAND: POEMS (Bottom Dog Press, 2005). He has devoted an equal number of decades to editing and giving performances of the works of the Dayton poet and novelist...See more

Herbert Woodward Martin was Professor of English and Poet-In-Residence at The University of Dayton for more than three decades, where he taught Creative Writing and African American Literature. He is the author of ON THE FLYLEAF: POEMS (Bottom Dog Press, 2013), as well as eight previous volumes of poetry, including ESCAPE TO THE PROMISED LAND: POEMS (Bottom Dog Press, 2005). He has devoted an equal number of decades to editing and giving performances of the works of the Dayton poet and novelist Paul Laurence Dunbar. For his scholarly work Martin has been awarded four Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters. Martin is noted for his wide range of interests in music and art. He has closely collaborated with a number of American composers, including Joseph Fennimore, Adolphus Hailstork and Philip Carl Magnuson. He has written the texts and librettos for two operas, one cantata and one Magnificat. A significant number of his poems have been set to music as well. He is the recipient of The Ohio Governor's Award. Most recently Martin has found himself a narrator for a number of symphonic works including a new recording of William Grant Still's Symphony #1 The Afro-American with The Dayton Philharmonic Symphony as well as Aaron Copland's Lincoln Portrait. See less