Martin, Charles Gaines was born on August 10, 1952 in Yeadon, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Henry A. and Signa (Gaines) M. Bachelor in English, Yale University, 1974, study in Portuguese University Lisbon, 1985, M of Philosophy, 1987, Doctor of Philosophy, Yale University, 1988. Intern feature writer Philadelphia Bulletin, 1973.
Graduate of Yeadon High School (Pennsylvania) 1970
General assignment and local reporter New London Day, 1974-1975.
National Critics Institute, Eugene O'Neill Memorial Theater Center, 1975
Instructor writing Connecticut College, New London, 1975.
Editor The Scene newsletter, Eugene O'Neill Memorial Theater Center, 1976.
Research assistant to Henry L. Gates, 1981.
Teaching fellow Yale University, New Haven, 1982, instructor Portuguese, 1984-1986
Professor fine arts Fairleigh Dickinson University, Teaneck, New Jersey, 1987-1990. Visiting professor Afro-American studies Brown University, 1990.
Professor English West Virginia University, 1990-1993. Professor comparative lit. City University of New York, Queens, since 1993
Contributor articles to Viva magazine, Amsterdam News, The Oak Report magazine, New York Times, Yale Journal Criticism, Mosaic, The Griot, Modern Fiction Studies. Delaware 3rd Congress Black Culture in Ams.
Portugese interpreter 3d national congress on Orisa Tradition and Culture, New York City, 1986.
One man photograph shows include Yale University, 1985, 89, Urban Education Foundation Philadelphia, Inc., 1985, State University Rio de Janeiro, 1986, Fairleigh Dickinson University, Teaneck, New Jersey, 1987, 89, Gallery of New York Congressman Robert Garcia, 1988, World Trade Center, New York, 1989, 4th Street Photo Gallery, New York, 1990, West Virginia University, 1991, 92, Federal University Mato Grasso, Brazil, 1991, Galerie de la Halle St. Pierre, Paris, 1993, Odéon Photo-Video, Paris, 1993, Cinque Gallery, New York City, 1995, Community television Gallery, Staten Island, New York, 1996, 97, Henry St. Settlement, New York City, 1996, University Wisconsin, Madison, 1996, Gordon Parks Gallery College New Rochelle, 1997. Exhibited in group shows at Yale University, 1983, Afro-American Cultural Center, Multi Media Arts Gallery, 1990, 94, 95, 4W Circle Gallery, Brooklyn, 1994, Cathedral of St. John the Divine, New York, 1995, Northeastern University, Boston, 1995, Leica Gallery, New York, 1995, 98, Aba Gallery, New York, 1995, Creative Arts Workshop, New Haven, 1996, Staten Island Institute Arts and Sciences, 1997, June Kelly Gallery New York
Author (screenplay) Catch as Catch Can, 1981, adaptations of Oedipus and Oedipus at Colonus for Malick Bowens, 1981. Editor The Scene newsletter, 1976. Photos public in (magazines) Public Culture, Shots, Unity, Flare, Issue, The Practice of Writing, Genre, Studies in Latin America Popular Culture, Kestrel, Home and Away, Photo Quaterly (Woodstock).Contributor articles to Viva magazine, Amsterdam News, The Oak Report magazine, New York Times, Yale Journal Criticism, Mosaic, The Griot, Modern Fiction Studies. Delaware 3rd Congress Black Culture in Americans, Sao Paulo, Brazil, 1982. Foreign Language Area Studies fellow, 1981-1983.Tinker fellow, 1982
Dorothy Danforth Compton fellow, 1983-1987. Afro-American Studies grantee, 1982. Grantee National Endowment Humanities, 1992.
