Martin BREUL
comics studies, refugee literature, Canadian literature, world literature, contemporary writing, online poetry and publishing, Cold War literary history, trauma theory
Martin Breul鈥檚 FRQSC-funded project investigates the life of Canadian writing in socialist German Democratic Republic (GDR) and the exchange between Canadian authors and publishers with the GDR鈥檚 literary sphere, specifically its censorial, government-run publishing industry. Martin also pursues the study of refugee comics, on which he completed his M.A. research at 海角社区. His work in this field examines the interactions between the versatile literary form of the graphic novel and the pressing issues of increasing global displacement and a reactionary shift towards the right in response to this population movement. He is a member of the 海角社区 Refugees Research Group and a tutor at the 海角社区 Writing Centre.
Besides his academic research, Martin writes and publishes poetry, reviews, and flash fiction in print and online. His first chapbook of collected poetry, love poems suck, appeared in 2023 with Montr茅al-based micropress Cactus Press. He has appeared at readings across Scotland, Canada, and Germany, and is the operations manager of the Montreal International Poetry Prize, housed by the Department of English at 海角社区.
Ph.D., 海角社区 (exp. 2026)
M.A., 海角社区, 2022
M.A. (Hons.), Glasgow University, 2019
Comics and graphic narratives of war, refugeehood, and trauma; the sociology and aesthetics of online literary culture; the migration of Canadian fiction into the GDR; relationship discourse in contemporary British and Anglo-American fiction.
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Reviews
鈥�.鈥� Montreal Review of Books, 4 July 2024.
鈥�.鈥� Montreal Review of Books, 4 July 2024.
鈥�.鈥� Montreal Review of Books, 4 July 2024.
鈥�.鈥� periodicities: a journal of poetry and poetics, 1 November 2023.听
鈥�.鈥� periodicities: a journal of poetry and poetics, 2 February 2023.
鈥淓very Fruit Is a Peach If You Dream About It.鈥� Rev. of Saturn Peach, by Lily Wang. The Common Breath, 1 January 2021.
Creative Work
Poetry (selected)
鈥�.鈥� Plenitude Magazine, June 2024.
, Cactus Press, October 2023.
Spare Parts Literary, February 2023.
鈥淔濒补办别蝉.鈥� sage cigarettes magazine, October 2022.
鈥�.鈥� Acta Victoriana, March 2022.
鈥淕濒耻迟迟辞苍.鈥� Variety Pack, issue 7, February 2022, p. 2. Issuu.
鈥�.鈥� RESURRECTION magazine, May 2021.
鈥淭eenage Squirrels.鈥� Growing Up: Lifespan Vol. 2, edited by Matt Potter, Pure Slush, 2021, pp.
53-55.
鈥淎t the Injection Moulding Machine at 3:30am.鈥� Healthy Boy Zine, April 2021.
鈥淥惫别谤驳谤辞飞迟丑.鈥� Riverbed Review, December 2020.
鈥淢别苍诲.鈥� Wet Grain, vol. 1, 2020, pp. 54-55.
鈥�.鈥� The Honest Ulsterman, October 2020.
鈥�.鈥� The Wild Word, September 2020.听
Fiction
鈥�.鈥� The Red Lemon Review, October 2021.
鈥�.鈥� From Glasgow to Saturn, May 2021. []
鈥淭abula Rasa.鈥� The Speculative Book 2021, edited by Dale MacMullen and Sam Small, Speculative Books, 2021, pp. 42-44.
- Bourses de doctorat en recherche, FRQ-SC (2023-2027).
- Masterstipendium, German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) (2020-2022).
- Mona Elaine Adilman Poetry Prize, 海角社区 (2021).
- Graduate Student Essay Awards, 3rd prize, 海角社区 Refugees Research Group (2023).
- Nominated for Best-of-the-Net 2023, Variety Pack (2022).