Martine Compton “is a Metro-Detroit-based writer and illustrator. . . . Ms. Compton has written verse, fiction, and essays for numerous publications as varied as The Midwestern Worker out of Chicago, and Damazine: The Voice of the Arab World out of Damascus, Syria. With her photographer husband she writes travel articles, most recently for the Beijing-based newspaper, The Global Times. An active member of the H.O.H. (Hard-of-Hearing) and Deaf Community, Ms. Compton sounds her voice to modernize global standards of living for the handicapable.”

Sculpture by Nuntchi