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Juan Martinez

@fulmerford.com

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Author, dad, professor, doodler, loafer https://www.fulmerford.com

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Juan Martinez @fulmerford.com · 6d

I love Chicago. You can’t tame it, you can’t contain it, you can’t ever get it to be a single thing. It is everything. It will break your heart. It has mine.

The Hancock Building about to throw a hotdog at an unwelcome visitor.

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Juan Martinez @fulmerford.com · 9h

and it’s not a hypothetical. I’m sure there’s a little four year old right now trying to recite a string of numbers to an adult because the parents have been disappeared.

Juan Martinez @fulmerford.com · 9h

I was helping out my four year-old with her shoes this morning & thought of all the parents doing the same thing, all while having the kids memorize an emergency phone number just in case they get rounded up by ICE.

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Juan Martinez @fulmerford.com · 9h

Some awesome #nabokovilia in Megan Abbott’s searing financial-crash/MLM suburban noir EL DORADO DRIVE:

“—prompting Beverly Linebaugh to ask, "Didn't the braces tip you off?" And Becky Schloss was raging because she'd already served that buck-toothed Lolita at least two Tom Collinses.”

prised as anyone else that Lisbeth was so young, prompting Beverly Linebaugh to ask, "Didn't the braces tip you off?" And Becky Schloss was raging because she'd already served that buck-toothed Lolita at least two Tom Col-linses.
"Sandy," Harper said, pulling her aside, feeling some obligation as the one who first brought her in. "Taking money from a teenager..."
"I'm sure she didn't mean it," Debra
said, picking at a tray of blinis.
"I'm so embarrassed," Sandy kept saying, her fingers back in her hair, smoothing her curls ceaselessly.
Some day, Harper thought, tired of Sandy already,

Juan Martinez @fulmerford.com · 11h

that meant I had too much time, had too much fun with a Pilot Precise V5--not the ideal pen for lunch bags btw. But I loved the psychotic fussiness that came out of it.

an aggressively inked doodle of a woman dancing in the dark w/ ghosts

Juan Martinez @fulmerford.com · 11h

I normally don’t take photos of the doodles before I color them, bc they’re quick and I don’t have time, but I was watching Wednesday w my son this week and I did the one for “Opalite” while watching &

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Juan Martinez @fulmerford.com · 11h

In retrospect I don’t know why I didn’t like it—maybe the eyes were too tiny?

Juan Martinez @fulmerford.com · 11h

Two fun process bits from this week’s Taylor Swift #lunchbagdoodle attempts. I wasn’t happy with the initial jellyfish for “Father Figure,” so that one ended up being the one I used for my own lunch.

photo of two lunchbags, each w/ a doodle, the first a finished one w/ a jellyfish and lots of fishes, the second w/ a single lonely jellyfish

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Juan Martinez @fulmerford.com · 13h

Here's the link to get tickets to tonight's event! Friday 10/10 at 6:30pm.

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Juan Martinez @fulmerford.com · 14h

“Shiny wood floors underneath my feet
Disco ball makes everything look cheap
Have fun (mm-mm)
It's prom (mm-mm)
Wilted corsage dangles from my wrist
Over his shoulder, I catch a glimpse”

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Chloe N. Clark @pintsncupcakes.bsky.social · 17h

Delighted to talk with @thecorlew.bsky.social for @lazyandentitled.bsky.social about spooky month. Shout outs to current reads by @ambersparks.bsky.social @raforall.bsky.social @sarahgailey.bsky.social and past reads by @fulmerford.com and @sgj.bsky.social

scary stories with the lights on with Chloe N. Clark

Podcast Episode · The Lazy & Entitled Podcast · 09/10/2025 · 36m

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Juan Martinez @fulmerford.com · 18h

Today’s #lunchbagdoodle is a verse from “Ruin the Friendship,” the fifth song in Taylor Swift’s LIFE OF A SHOWGIRL, brought miraculously to life through the magic of coloring pencils and ink.

drawing of a smiling vampiric disco ball hovers over a crowd of panicked flowers.

Juan Martinez @fulmerford.com · 20h

My early-morning writing companion.

Black and white photo of Cosmos the cat lurking behind my keyboard and laptop and coffee mug.

Juan Martinez @fulmerford.com · 1d

we’re at this stage of the trump presidency

Creepy boy from the twilight zone movie who makes all the grown ups do whatever he wants

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 1d

Breaking News: A judge restricted deploying troops in the Chicago area, saying the Trump administration accounts used to justify it were “simply unreliable.”

National Guard Live Updates: Federal Judge Restricts Troop Deployment in Chicago Area

The Trump administration’s attempts to justify a military presence were “simply unreliable,” the judge said. A federal appeals court is weighing a similar case regarding National Guard troops in Portland, Ore.

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Juan Martinez @fulmerford.com · 1d

ANTIFA militants are at the ANTIFA safehouse and you’re laughing. They’re conducting parliamentary operations at the ANTIFA safehouse and you’re laughing.

Juan Martinez @fulmerford.com · 1d

No.

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Juan Martinez @fulmerford.com · 1d

Thank you! I’m not into bowties but I love regular ties!

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Juan Martinez @fulmerford.com · 1d

I’ve got a whole philosophy about dressing up for work, about how much I believe in the work but also in how wearing a tie serves as this useful reminder that I am here for work—but tbh I just got a haircut & I’m feeling cute.

Selfie: burgundy tie, green v-neck sweater, tweed jacket, new haircut.

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Juan Martinez @fulmerford.com · 1d

So #AWP26 in Baltimore is now officially the best AWP in AWP history.

awpwriter.bsky.social @awpwriter.bsky.social · 1d

We’re thrilled to announce our #AWP26 Conference & Bookfair keynote speaker, Baltimore’s own John Waters! Read more about the filmmaker, actor, author, and Charm City legend on our website. A heartfelt thanks to our premier sponsor, @jhu.edu, for making this address possible.