Mordecai Martin

Mordecai Martin is a fifth-generation New Yorker and Ashkenazi Jewish writer who has lived in Manhattan, Jerusalem, and Mexico City. He is based in Philadelphia, according to his most recent bio. His fiction and essays cover Jewish life, family, place, and mental illness, and he has translated Yiddish and Spanish texts. His work has appeared in Sortes, which published his stories 'Every Cat A Sphynx' and 'Three Songs For Coney Island' according to his site. Other credits include Gone Lawn, X-Ray Lit Mag, Timber Journal, and Funicular.