Spotlight on the Spoken Word | Ezhno Martin

We’re taking a moment to recognize Kansas City’s wordsmiths.

Taken from KCPT’s “Arts Upload,” which has amassed an impressive collection of local poets reading their own works, “Spotlight” gives Flatland a chance to catch up with the artists. We find out what they’re up to and get their take on what to watch in the local and national art scene.

This week:

Ezhno Martin | “Liberated (Lady Clothes)”

Where do you live now?

I still am KC Proud.

Any current projects?

I am working on a DIY chapbook series that features local writers as well as myself under a new imprint called EMP. I’ve already published five books of poetry, have a novella I am getting ready to print, and am hoping to add more fiction and branch out into non-fiction soon.

What’s your best recent moment?

Who are you listening to/reading/watching that we need to know about?

Brent Easton Ellis provides perfect satirical bliss for those with a profound distaste for consumerism. Skip the movies, all the charm, wit, and insight is lost in translation, and all the viewer is left with is the brutality.

Do you have a goal for 2016?

Next week on “Spotlight”:

Alyssa Smith | “Manifest Destiny”