Martin Galvin

(February 21, 1937August 6, 2018)

Martin Galvin is the author of six books of poems: Away to Home… (Poets Choice Publishing, 2017); Sounding the Atlantic (Broadkill River Press, 2010); Circling Out (Finishing Line Press, 2007); the chapbook Appetites (Bogg Publications, 2000); Making Beds (Sedgewick House, 1989); and Wild Card (Washington Writers Publishing House, 1989), winner of the 1989 Columbia Prize for Poetry. His poetry, fiction and essays appeared in The Atlantic MonthlyBest American Poetry 1997Beltway Poetry QuarterlyD.C. Poets Against the WarDelaware Poetry ReviewFour QuartersMidwest QuarterlyOrionPoet LorePoetryPoetry EastTexas ReviewInnisfree Poetry Journal, and The New Republic. Galvin moved to the DC area in the 1970s. He taught at St. Joseph’s College, Walt Whitman High School, and the Writer’s Center.

Galvin was born in Mt. Airy, PA and served in the U.S. Navy. He earned a BA from Villanova University, and an MA and PhD from the University of Maryland. Galvin was married and the father of two daughters. He is interred in a columbarium at Arlington National Cemetery.

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8101 Connecticut Ave, Chevy Chase, MD

Located in Maryland

Martin Galvin

8101 Connecticut Avenue, Chevy Chase, MD, USA
Located in Maryland

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