Jerry Martien
Jerry Martien arrived in the Humboldt Bay region at the end of the 1960’s, working as nightwatchman, truck driver, and bookstore clerk while writing articles and manifestos on behalf of a newly emerging community. He began hanging out and attending readings at Arcata’s Jambalaya Club and over the course of several decades fell unavoidably into carpentry, politics, and poetry.
He is the author of two studies of money and culture—Shell Game (1996) and The Price of a Life (2018)—as well as several chapbooks and two collections of poetry—Pieces in Place (1999) and Earth Tickets (2017).