Bookmark with Don Noble
Michael Martone is an American author. Since 1977, he has written nearly 30 books and chapbooks. He was a professor at the Program in Creative Writing at the University of Alabama, where he taught from 1996 until his retirement in 2020. Martone has won two Fellowships from the NEA and a grant from the Ingram Merrill Foundation. His forthcoming book is Table Talk & Second Thoughts: a memoir in flashes (Cornerstone Press, 2025).
Don Noble is an Alabama writer and literary critic. He is host of the long-running Alabama Public Television author interview program Bookmark, the book reviewer for Alabama Public Radio, and a professor emeritus of English at the University of Alabama. His newest book is Alabama Noir, a collection of original stories by Winston Groom, Ace Atkins, Carolyn Haines, Brad Watson, and eleven other Alabama authors.