Julián Martinez
@martinezfjulian.bsky.social
Son of Mexican and Cuban immigrants. Words in Hooligan Mag, Prolit and elsewhere. THIS PLACE IS COVERED HEAD TO TOE IN SHIT (Ghost City Press, 2024)
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"Xzibit has planted the smallest bomb inside of a bomb which rests under the floating 2001 Toyota Corolla painted candy red..."
the weirdest episode of "Pimp My Ride" you've ever watched, new on hex today from Julián Martinez @martinezfjulian.bsky.social ! 👇
the weirdest episode of "Pimp My Ride" you've ever watched, new on hex today from Julián Martinez @martinezfjulian.bsky.social ! 👇
Pimp My Ride by Julián Martinez
Xzibit has planted the smallest bomb inside of a bomb which rests under the floating 2001 Toyota Corolla painted candy red with pinstripe and flames which hangs on the fuse of an even bigger bomb, the...
hexliterary.com
November 11, 2025 at 3:03 PM
"Xzibit has planted the smallest bomb inside of a bomb which rests under the floating 2001 Toyota Corolla painted candy red..."
the weirdest episode of "Pimp My Ride" you've ever watched, new on hex today from Julián Martinez @martinezfjulian.bsky.social ! 👇
the weirdest episode of "Pimp My Ride" you've ever watched, new on hex today from Julián Martinez @martinezfjulian.bsky.social ! 👇
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"Xzibit has planted the smallest bomb inside of a bomb which rests under the floating 2001 Toyota Corolla..."
I don't want to spoil too much of this one, just know that the legend, @martinezfjulian.bsky.social, is back in @hexliterary.bsky.social this week. Perfect and strange and that ending!
I don't want to spoil too much of this one, just know that the legend, @martinezfjulian.bsky.social, is back in @hexliterary.bsky.social this week. Perfect and strange and that ending!
Pimp My Ride by Julián Martinez
Xzibit has planted the smallest bomb inside of a bomb which rests under the floating 2001 Toyota Corolla painted candy red with pinstripe and flames which hangs on the fuse of an even bigger bomb, the...
hexliterary.com
November 11, 2025 at 3:06 PM
"Xzibit has planted the smallest bomb inside of a bomb which rests under the floating 2001 Toyota Corolla..."
I don't want to spoil too much of this one, just know that the legend, @martinezfjulian.bsky.social, is back in @hexliterary.bsky.social this week. Perfect and strange and that ending!
I don't want to spoil too much of this one, just know that the legend, @martinezfjulian.bsky.social, is back in @hexliterary.bsky.social this week. Perfect and strange and that ending!
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Afternoon gang, it is IMPERATIVE that you go see what Joe is talking about (hint, it involves an iconic mid-aughts television program, the rapper Xzibit, love, and the endlessly wonderful @martinezfjulian.bsky.social)
i heard you like bombs inside of bombs inside of cars inside of micros
"Xzibit has planted the smallest bomb inside of a bomb which rests under the floating 2001 Toyota Corolla painted candy red..."
the weirdest episode of "Pimp My Ride" you've ever watched, new on hex today from Julián Martinez @martinezfjulian.bsky.social ! 👇
the weirdest episode of "Pimp My Ride" you've ever watched, new on hex today from Julián Martinez @martinezfjulian.bsky.social ! 👇
November 11, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Afternoon gang, it is IMPERATIVE that you go see what Joe is talking about (hint, it involves an iconic mid-aughts television program, the rapper Xzibit, love, and the endlessly wonderful @martinezfjulian.bsky.social)
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i heard you like bombs inside of bombs inside of cars inside of micros
"Xzibit has planted the smallest bomb inside of a bomb which rests under the floating 2001 Toyota Corolla painted candy red..."
the weirdest episode of "Pimp My Ride" you've ever watched, new on hex today from Julián Martinez @martinezfjulian.bsky.social ! 👇
the weirdest episode of "Pimp My Ride" you've ever watched, new on hex today from Julián Martinez @martinezfjulian.bsky.social ! 👇
Pimp My Ride by Julián Martinez
Xzibit has planted the smallest bomb inside of a bomb which rests under the floating 2001 Toyota Corolla painted candy red with pinstripe and flames which hangs on the fuse of an even bigger bomb, the...
hexliterary.com
November 11, 2025 at 6:38 PM
i heard you like bombs inside of bombs inside of cars inside of micros
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what's it mean that two of my favorite recent artworks are about bombs in/under cars?
Xzhibit #1, @martinezfjulian.bsky.social new today on @hexliterary.bsky.social
Xzhibit #1, @martinezfjulian.bsky.social new today on @hexliterary.bsky.social
Pimp My Ride by Julián Martinez
Xzibit has planted the smallest bomb inside of a bomb which rests under the floating 2001 Toyota Corolla painted candy red with pinstripe and flames which hangs on the fuse of an even bigger bomb, the...
hexliterary.com
November 11, 2025 at 6:57 PM
what's it mean that two of my favorite recent artworks are about bombs in/under cars?
Xzhibit #1, @martinezfjulian.bsky.social new today on @hexliterary.bsky.social
Xzhibit #1, @martinezfjulian.bsky.social new today on @hexliterary.bsky.social
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Lake Markham closed out the Lo Siento tour at Hammy Wammy.
Chili, poems, Chicago weird warmth.
Julián Martinez covered the night on Zona Motel 🐐
open.substack.com/pub/zonamote...
Chili, poems, Chicago weird warmth.
Julián Martinez covered the night on Zona Motel 🐐
open.substack.com/pub/zonamote...
November 9, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Lake Markham closed out the Lo Siento tour at Hammy Wammy.
Chili, poems, Chicago weird warmth.
Julián Martinez covered the night on Zona Motel 🐐
open.substack.com/pub/zonamote...
Chili, poems, Chicago weird warmth.
Julián Martinez covered the night on Zona Motel 🐐
open.substack.com/pub/zonamote...
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Chicago legend @martinezfjulian.bsky.social wrote about our evening of ambient music, literature, and chili
zonamotel.substack.com/p/dispatch-s...
zonamotel.substack.com/p/dispatch-s...
DISPATCH: Stuck in Lo Siento Book Launch in Uptown, Chicago
Lake Markham’s Lo Siento release with Gwen Hilton, Ben Niespodziany, and Graham Irvin (plus a chili cook-off)
zonamotel.substack.com
November 9, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Chicago legend @martinezfjulian.bsky.social wrote about our evening of ambient music, literature, and chili
zonamotel.substack.com/p/dispatch-s...
zonamotel.substack.com/p/dispatch-s...
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this reminded me how much i liked gordon lish by @martinezfjulian.bsky.social
hexliterary.com?p=2608
hexliterary.com?p=2608
October 1, 2025 at 3:07 PM
this reminded me how much i liked gordon lish by @martinezfjulian.bsky.social
hexliterary.com?p=2608
hexliterary.com?p=2608
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We are so honored and excited to present out nominations for Best of the Net this year. Good luck to all of these phenomenal writers, and thank you all for reading and submitting to hex literary!
October 1, 2025 at 3:01 PM
We are so honored and excited to present out nominations for Best of the Net this year. Good luck to all of these phenomenal writers, and thank you all for reading and submitting to hex literary!
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& "The AUDACITY of the Young" by Sara Vernekar
For Fiction:
"Ask Me Something" by @mallorysmart.bsky.social
"Eduardo" by @martinezfjulian.bsky.social
For Fiction:
"Ask Me Something" by @mallorysmart.bsky.social
"Eduardo" by @martinezfjulian.bsky.social
September 30, 2025 at 2:32 AM
& "The AUDACITY of the Young" by Sara Vernekar
For Fiction:
"Ask Me Something" by @mallorysmart.bsky.social
"Eduardo" by @martinezfjulian.bsky.social
For Fiction:
"Ask Me Something" by @mallorysmart.bsky.social
"Eduardo" by @martinezfjulian.bsky.social
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"I opened my week’s ration of AmericaPlus and swallowed the last tab of blotter paper." A stunner @martinezfjulian.bsky.social in @xraylitmag.bsky.social
we have a terrific 80 word micro by Julián Martinez @martinezfjulian.bsky.social !! i love short pieces that give u a peek into a weirder world -- read this pronto
xraylitmag.com/forrest-gump...
xraylitmag.com/forrest-gump...
FORREST GUMP 3 by Julián Martinez
There was a billboard along the highway that read, FG3: ONE LAST RUN, Tom Hanks and Robin Wright profile to profile, stars and stripes behind them. The bottom text dictated: WATCH NOW ON AMERICAPLUS, ...
xraylitmag.com
August 13, 2025 at 4:16 PM
"I opened my week’s ration of AmericaPlus and swallowed the last tab of blotter paper." A stunner @martinezfjulian.bsky.social in @xraylitmag.bsky.social
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New short short story out in @xraylitmag.bsky.social today! Shoutout to my friend Tex Gresham for shooting the shit about Forrest Gump with me and telling me to write about it
xraylitmag.com/forrest-gump...
xraylitmag.com/forrest-gump...
August 13, 2025 at 1:43 PM
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New short short story out in @xraylitmag.bsky.social today! Shoutout to my friend Tex Gresham for shooting the shit about Forrest Gump with me and telling me to write about it
xraylitmag.com/forrest-gump...
xraylitmag.com/forrest-gump...
August 13, 2025 at 1:41 PM
New short short story out in @xraylitmag.bsky.social today! Shoutout to my friend Tex Gresham for shooting the shit about Forrest Gump with me and telling me to write about it
xraylitmag.com/forrest-gump...
xraylitmag.com/forrest-gump...
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we have a terrific 80 word micro by Julián Martinez @martinezfjulian.bsky.social !! i love short pieces that give u a peek into a weirder world -- read this pronto
xraylitmag.com/forrest-gump...
xraylitmag.com/forrest-gump...
FORREST GUMP 3 by Julián Martinez
There was a billboard along the highway that read, FG3: ONE LAST RUN, Tom Hanks and Robin Wright profile to profile, stars and stripes behind them. The bottom text dictated: WATCH NOW ON AMERICAPLUS, ...
xraylitmag.com
August 13, 2025 at 12:28 PM
we have a terrific 80 word micro by Julián Martinez @martinezfjulian.bsky.social !! i love short pieces that give u a peek into a weirder world -- read this pronto
xraylitmag.com/forrest-gump...
xraylitmag.com/forrest-gump...
I scrolled past this tweet too fast and thought that book in Discipline all the way on the right was BACKSWING by @aaronburch.bsky.social
August 11, 2025 at 5:19 PM
I scrolled past this tweet too fast and thought that book in Discipline all the way on the right was BACKSWING by @aaronburch.bsky.social
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Julián stays Juliáning, thee 1 percenter atop the pile as far as HAD skull riches go! Julián Martinez
“Am I not really me?”
I squeezed her with all my might.
“No! You’re… the realest you’ll ever be!”
https://www.havehashad.com/j0pf1
“Am I not really me?”
I squeezed her with all my might.
“No! You’re… the realest you’ll ever be!”
https://www.havehashad.com/j0pf1
Re-Anna-Mator by Julián Martinez
“But I’m not dead yet,” Anna said, with classic Anna deduction. “No, of course not,” I said, withholding a smile. “What’s so funny?” Apparently it wasn’t working. Anna laughed, eyes bugged, looking…
www.havehashad.com
July 31, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Julián stays Juliáning, thee 1 percenter atop the pile as far as HAD skull riches go! Julián Martinez
“Am I not really me?”
I squeezed her with all my might.
“No! You’re… the realest you’ll ever be!”
https://www.havehashad.com/j0pf1
“Am I not really me?”
I squeezed her with all my might.
“No! You’re… the realest you’ll ever be!”
https://www.havehashad.com/j0pf1
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I enter a fugue state when I MC an event so I loved reading @martinezfjulian.bsky.social’s dispatch from Taylor’s book launch! A wonderful essay in its own right too—the ending made me smile.
open.substack.com/pub/zonamote...
open.substack.com/pub/zonamote...
July 28, 2025 at 10:46 PM
I enter a fugue state when I MC an event so I loved reading @martinezfjulian.bsky.social’s dispatch from Taylor’s book launch! A wonderful essay in its own right too—the ending made me smile.
open.substack.com/pub/zonamote...
open.substack.com/pub/zonamote...
For Zona Motel, I wrote about my fridge’s meltdown, rough times blending with the good times and trying to stay present for your friends.
Plus Chicago’s Logan Square lit scene! This started by covering Taylor’s excellent book launch and became real intimate quick
open.substack.com/pub/zonamote...
Plus Chicago’s Logan Square lit scene! This started by covering Taylor’s excellent book launch and became real intimate quick
open.substack.com/pub/zonamote...
July 28, 2025 at 6:33 PM
For Zona Motel, I wrote about my fridge’s meltdown, rough times blending with the good times and trying to stay present for your friends.
Plus Chicago’s Logan Square lit scene! This started by covering Taylor’s excellent book launch and became real intimate quick
open.substack.com/pub/zonamote...
Plus Chicago’s Logan Square lit scene! This started by covering Taylor’s excellent book launch and became real intimate quick
open.substack.com/pub/zonamote...
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"Ben is a mad scientist, reading brief surreal magic tricks every time he’s on stage. They’re gut-busters, too. Another champion of the work of others, not infrequently handing out books for friends to borrow."
@martinezfjulian.bsky.social for Zona Motel ❤️
zonamotel.substack.com/p/dispatch-a...
@martinezfjulian.bsky.social for Zona Motel ❤️
zonamotel.substack.com/p/dispatch-a...
DISPATCH: Agathe, 6:00pm to 7:27 (The Whistler, Chicago), The Onslaught of Memory
Taylor Thornburg launched his debut novel, Agathe, 6:00pm to 7:27, at The Whistler, with readings by LJ Pemberton, Ben Niespodziany, Tori Rego, and Zach Kocanda.
zonamotel.substack.com
July 28, 2025 at 1:23 AM
"Ben is a mad scientist, reading brief surreal magic tricks every time he’s on stage. They’re gut-busters, too. Another champion of the work of others, not infrequently handing out books for friends to borrow."
@martinezfjulian.bsky.social for Zona Motel ❤️
zonamotel.substack.com/p/dispatch-a...
@martinezfjulian.bsky.social for Zona Motel ❤️
zonamotel.substack.com/p/dispatch-a...
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@martinezfjulian.bsky.social wrote about the reading in Chicago for Agathe, 6:30pm to 7:27 where me, @neonpajamas.bsky.social, Tori Rego and Taylor Thornburg all read, and he made it so much more, capturing a slice of life in all its chaos and tumult
zonamotel.substack.com/p/dispatch-a...
zonamotel.substack.com/p/dispatch-a...
DISPATCH: Agathe, 6:00pm to 7:27 (The Whistler, Chicago), The Onslaught of Memory
Taylor Thornburg launched his debut novel, Agathe, 6:00pm to 7:27, at The Whistler, with readings by LJ Pemberton, Ben Niespodziany, Tori Rego, and Zach Kocanda.
zonamotel.substack.com
July 28, 2025 at 12:52 PM
@martinezfjulian.bsky.social wrote about the reading in Chicago for Agathe, 6:30pm to 7:27 where me, @neonpajamas.bsky.social, Tori Rego and Taylor Thornburg all read, and he made it so much more, capturing a slice of life in all its chaos and tumult
zonamotel.substack.com/p/dispatch-a...
zonamotel.substack.com/p/dispatch-a...
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Zona Motel ✅
@martinezfjulian.bsky.social ✅
@whistlerchicago.bsky.social ✅
This writing community ✅
Dispatch of our Chicago reading: zonamotel.substack.com/p/dispatch-a...
feat. Taylor Thornburg, Tori Rego, @ljabouttown.bsky.social, & @zacharykocanda.bsky.social (who should have been in this pic)
@martinezfjulian.bsky.social ✅
@whistlerchicago.bsky.social ✅
This writing community ✅
Dispatch of our Chicago reading: zonamotel.substack.com/p/dispatch-a...
feat. Taylor Thornburg, Tori Rego, @ljabouttown.bsky.social, & @zacharykocanda.bsky.social (who should have been in this pic)
July 28, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Zona Motel ✅
@martinezfjulian.bsky.social ✅
@whistlerchicago.bsky.social ✅
This writing community ✅
Dispatch of our Chicago reading: zonamotel.substack.com/p/dispatch-a...
feat. Taylor Thornburg, Tori Rego, @ljabouttown.bsky.social, & @zacharykocanda.bsky.social (who should have been in this pic)
@martinezfjulian.bsky.social ✅
@whistlerchicago.bsky.social ✅
This writing community ✅
Dispatch of our Chicago reading: zonamotel.substack.com/p/dispatch-a...
feat. Taylor Thornburg, Tori Rego, @ljabouttown.bsky.social, & @zacharykocanda.bsky.social (who should have been in this pic)
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Yooooo! Next call: this Tuesday! July 22. 9pm ET (8pm JMT (Julián Martinez Time). Open for 150 subs.
"Tell @martinezfjulian.bsky.social a Bedtime Story"
sub call language in alt text and replies.
"Tell @martinezfjulian.bsky.social a Bedtime Story"
sub call language in alt text and replies.
July 20, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Yooooo! Next call: this Tuesday! July 22. 9pm ET (8pm JMT (Julián Martinez Time). Open for 150 subs.
"Tell @martinezfjulian.bsky.social a Bedtime Story"
sub call language in alt text and replies.
"Tell @martinezfjulian.bsky.social a Bedtime Story"
sub call language in alt text and replies.
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the legend @martinezfjulian.bsky.social giving me a taste of my own medicine with this erasure bio 😍
July 17, 2025 at 7:24 PM
the legend @martinezfjulian.bsky.social giving me a taste of my own medicine with this erasure bio 😍
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this Julián Martinez poem is a little different, yet just as amazing, than I've come to expect from him
"See, our lips bend:
we are always moving warmthward
through and beyond what we forgot we would say:
I’m so about being buried together."
https://www.havehashad.com/rx442
"See, our lips bend:
we are always moving warmthward
through and beyond what we forgot we would say:
I’m so about being buried together."
https://www.havehashad.com/rx442
Anti-Elegy by Julián Martinez
after John Ashbery See, our lips bend: we are always moving warmthward (if I may) through and beyond what we forgot we would say: I’m so about being buried together. Your nightmares are of us being…
www.havehashad.com
July 5, 2025 at 5:50 PM
this Julián Martinez poem is a little different, yet just as amazing, than I've come to expect from him
"See, our lips bend:
we are always moving warmthward
through and beyond what we forgot we would say:
I’m so about being buried together."
https://www.havehashad.com/rx442
"See, our lips bend:
we are always moving warmthward
through and beyond what we forgot we would say:
I’m so about being buried together."
https://www.havehashad.com/rx442
To celebrate our upcoming wedding, I’m self-publishing a chapbook of love poems for my fiancée, out now, called Another Day of Insane Thinking. She drew the beautiful artwork. $25, shipping included! DM me or reach out to latemaypress@gmail.com to buy a copy! Venmo below ⬇️
July 3, 2025 at 5:25 PM
To celebrate our upcoming wedding, I’m self-publishing a chapbook of love poems for my fiancée, out now, called Another Day of Insane Thinking. She drew the beautiful artwork. $25, shipping included! DM me or reach out to latemaypress@gmail.com to buy a copy! Venmo below ⬇️