I'm a writer living in upstate New York.
I write about literature, politics, technology, and more.
You can email me at dolan [dot] martin [dot] m [at] gmail.com or find me on social media: (Twitter: @dolanmart_in / Instagram: @marty.dolan)
Annunciations of Ruin - Kismet (March 2026)
On Lauren Groff's Brawler
Clocked Out - The Point (February 2026)
On joining the work ethic and the "Bullshit Jobs Left"
Indie Squeeze - Strange Matters (December 2025)
On indie video games, Twitch streaming, and "friendslop"
My Dumb Journey Through a Smart World - The Nation (December 2025)
On the problem with Gen Z "Low Tech" Culture
Common Roots- The Los Angeles Review of Books (October 2025)
On Craig Thompson's Ginseng Roots
MAGA's Funniest Foot Soldier- Derange (August 2025)
On Shane Gillis and conservative comedians
Albanality- The Cleveland Review of Books (May 2025)
On Elisa Albert's The Snarling Girl
Real Men - The Point (April 2025)
On Andrew Lipstein's Something Rotten and the "problem" of masculinity in contemporary fiction
And They're Off - The Baffler (April 2025)
On barbacking at the Saratoga Race Course
Coming Up Millroses - The New York Review of Architecture (March 2025)
A dispatch from the Fort Washington Avenue Armory
Too Much Industry - Mid Theory Collective (January 2025)
On Marijam Did's Everything to Play For and a left(ish) perspective of video games
No Expectations - The Point (November 2024)
A Gen Z perspective on the 2024 election
Not My First Review - The Cleveland Review of Books (May 2024)
On Honor Levy, buzzy debuts, and whatever the hell Gen Z literature is
The Contours of Negative Space - The Los Angeles Review of Books (March 2024)
On Tessa Hulls' Feeding Ghosts
Exterior Lives - Full Stop (February 2024)
on Graywolf's Critical Hits Anthology and writing about video games
Space Junk - The Baffler (December 2023)
on Bethesda Game Studios and Microsoft's monopolization plot
Playing with Nature - The Los Angeles Review of Books (July 2023)
on The Legend of Zelda as Ecofiction
page last updated March 12, 2026