Spokane author Chelsea Martin's new novel explores class privilege, coming of age as an artist and feeling like an outsider

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Chelsea Martin is an artist, and a writer.

What makes someone an artist? Is it simply the act of creating art? A talent recognized by others? Making money off something purely intended to entertain or inspire?

In Spokane writer Chelsea Martin’s humorous and candidly truthful new novel, Tell Me I’m An Artist, protagonist Joey seeks answers to these questions and more. As an art school student in San Francisco, she’s struggling with financial and family instability, and to feel accepted by her seemingly

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