Paul Laurence Dunbar Research
Herbert Woodward Martin: Professor and Poet, Editor and Performer
Herbert Woodward Martin, born in 1933, served as 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 has devoted decades to editing and giving performances of the works of the poet and novelist Paul Laurence Dunbar (1872-1906). He is also the editor of four books as well as the author of nine volumes of poetry.
All about Herbert Woodward Martin
New York The Nine Million, Abracadabra Press, 1967
The Shit-Storm Poems, Pilot Press, 1972
The Persistence of The Flesh, Lotus Press, 1976
The Forms of Silence, Lotus Press, 1980
Galileo’s Suns, Bottom Dog Press, 1999
The Log of The Vigilante, Mellen Press, 2000
Escape To The Promised Land, Bottom Dog Press, 2005
Inscribing My Name, Kent State University Press, 2007
On the Flyleaf: Poems, Bottom Dog Press, 2013
Paul Laurence Dunbar: A Singer of Songs, State Library of Ohio, 1980
In His Own Voice: The Uncollected Works of Paul Laurence Dunbar, Ohio University Press, 2002
Paul Laurence Dunbar: Selected Poems, Penguin Press, 2004
The Collected Novels of Paul Laurence Dunbar, Ohio University Press, 2009
Listen to Herbert Woodward Martin reading the works of Paul Laurence Dunbar at the Department of Music's Dunbar Music Archive.
Martin's readings are also available on DVD. To request a DVD, send your return address and a check for $24.95 to:
Herbert Woodward Martin
Department of English
University of Dayton
Dayton, OH 45469-1520
The price above includes the cost of the DVD ($19.95) plus $5 for shipping and handling.