Martin Arnold has taught at numerous colleges and universities, including Guilford College, where he served as a Visiting Assistant Professor. He earned an MA from New Mexico State University and an MFA from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. He has served as the poetry editor of The Greensboro Review, and as an assistant poetry editor for storysouth and Puerto del Sol. His work has been published in many fine journals including Crazyhorse, the Carolina Review, Denver Quarterly, and Best New Poets 2012. His first chapbook, A Million Distant Glittering Catastrophes, won the 2009-2010 Pavement Saw Chapbook Award. Earthquake Owner's Manual won the 2013 Unicorn Press First Book Award. He currently teaches at V. Sue Cleveland High School in Rio Rancho, New Mexico.