Mark M: Person, b.1956 in Minneapolis, MN where he grew up in a western suburb called Minnetonka and relocated to Racine in 1978 taking a job fresh out of college at Modine Manufacturing Company where he retired after 42 years. He has published zines, about 60 chapbooks, and has dabbled musically as half a duo called Inept with Dan Nielsen and with Atman Way (Jeff Baker) as The Two. He has never been married and is childless/childfree. His artist’s statement for his visual art is “Yes, your kid could have done that.”
Check out his work as the Writer-In-Residence:
“Introductionary,” Maxims, Guest Phil Schultz, Abysmal Ukraine Coverage, TP
A “Play,” “Sound Opinions” vs. “It’s Alright Ma, It’s Only Music,” Guest G2T, a Litter Inventory, Gas Stoves, and Driver’s Ed
Lifesize, Guest Dan Nielsen, On White Privilege, and On Conspiracy Theories
“Poem,” Observations and Thinkings, Guest Filmmaker Tony Ramos, “Fighting Words,” Nonviolent Communication, and We Have Overshot (Again)
Scraps and Frags, Guest Jeanne Denney and SoULL, Billionaires and other Rich People, Seth/Jane Roberts
“Armenian Picnic,” More and Further Observations and Thinkings, Guest Activist Maria Morales, Difficult People, Luv
Further and More Observations and Thinkings, Guests Julie Ragland and Kate Schneck, Atwood Quote Examined, Dangerous Jobs, Malidoma Patrice Some’
Observations and Thinkings, Vol. P, Guest Artist Neal Rohrer and 50-Cent Girlfriend, Musician Jean Beauvoir, Our Two(?)-Party System
Those Beatles, Socialist Frank Zeidler, The United Nations, Tibet and the Dalai Lama, Yemen
A Story about Roodi, UFOs, The Bible
The Four Agreements, All We Keep Saying…, “Astonishment Theory,” Choice Theory, Early Dion’s “Theory,” Mar-a-Lago Trump Documents Scandal and Tom Tomorrow, British Monarch Stuff, Flag Grammar
Selections from Mcyclopedia, Restorative Justice, Oily Money, In Addition to Zappa’s Warning, Beatles Count-Out: 4, 3, 2, 1(!), Sunrise, Sunset
More Selections from Mcyclopedia, Whistleblowers Daniel Hale et al., Project Censored, North Korea’s Missile Launches, Hiding Out from People that Count, Queen and Prince Sentiments, Early Lou Reed Demos
Observations and Thinkings, Vol. pq, Guest Todd Krewal, Foreign Policy Blindness, Watergate Alternative, Colorado River Water Shortage, Litter Flambe’, Former Wingsman
Observations and Thinkings, Vol. pqrstuv, The Frustrated Playwright, Note on Immigration, Halloween and Wildlife, Film: Lunana and Bhutan, Callipygian Determination in Antebellum America, Bike Lanes, Something Not about Those Beatles
The Action of the Force of Gravity Upon a Small Body of Water, Men’s and Women’s Liberation!, Good Wars?, Message to DT, Forbidden Investing
‘S.BULL’ excerpt, Guest Filmmaker Jason Love, Africa, “Good Old Days,” Two Danger-Party System
Guide to Art, Remedios Varo et al., Painting vs. Sculpture Including Spiders, An Overton Window
Still More Selections from Mcyclopedia, Little Known, NPR’s Terry Gross
‘S.BULL’ excerpt, Random Universe?, Native Americans and Ecology, “Baked Candy,” CEOs, COP27 Lobbyists, Gloria Steinem Tells a Story, Election Remarks
How the English Language Worx, Volume 1, Errant Missile, That U.S. Constitution + Elie Mystal, T-giving
Mark M’s Heavily-Abridged Dictionary, Widely Ignored, Little Known: Berlin Wall, PHEW! I say, True Story — Swear on the…, Racine Entry on Wikipedia, Terry Gross guest note +
Fun-nee Muh-knee, Zervos, Selections from Observations and Thinkings, Vol. wxy&z, Tlaxcallan/Rail-workers/MICIMATT, Prison Correspondence, Soporific Reading Material, Lit Assertions
How the English Language Worx, Volume 2, Etymology, Nakam and Not, Clean Your Plate, Facebook Rebellion, Quite the Thing, Goodbye Nancy, My Shrunken Musical Tastes, Misc.
Ignoramia, “Bad Memories,” A Look at John McWhorter, Artist Nehemiah R. Edwards, More McWhorter, Justices “Unblinded,” U.S. and Treaties, Some U.S. Progress, Little Known, Misc.
Thank You and Farewell, Jeanne Denney Reprise, Misc., Cover Tunes, Further Selections from Observations and Thinkings, Vol. wxyz
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