David Tomas Martinez's debut collection of poetry, Hustle, was released in 2014 by Sarabande Books, winning the New England Book Festival's prize in poetry, the Devil's Kitchen Reading Award, and honorable mention in the Antonio Cisneros Del Moral Prize. Martinez is a CantoMundo fellow, Bread Loaf Stanley P. Young fellow, NEA fellow, and Pushcart Prize winner. Forthcoming March 2018, Sarabande Books will publish his second collection, Post Traumatic Hood Disorder. Martinez lives in Brooklyn and teaches creative writing at Columbia University.