Scattered Things

Before you read the poem, I would like to say hello to all the readers out there. I am honored to have this residency and to have the opportunity to share my work with you. I live in Kenosha, WI and have also lived in Madison, WI and La Crosse, WI. I was the Kenosha…

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.

Welcome to this week’s “zine,” the second-to-the last by Mark M Ignoramia: Mark M’s Compendium of Confusion (2000, 2011, 2022) To dumbassesEvery(w)here. Acknowledgment Thanks to Michaelis who thought of a number of these. If a little knowledge is dangerous, is still less even more dangerous? Dillinger – didn’t he die fighting the Nazis? I always…

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.

Welcome to this week’s “zine.” by Mark M How the English Language Worx, Volume 2, Etymology (1997, 2004) by Mark M, N.o.P. etymology – the history of a linguistic form (as a word) shown by tracing its development since its earliest recorded occurrence in the language where it is found, by tracing its transmission from…

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 +

Welcome to this week’s “zine.” by Mark M Well, I hope on Give Us Money Tuesday your e-mail inbox was not virtually bombed with appeals like mine was. “Mark M: I know you’ve been getting a lot of emails from Human Rights Watch today…” Sheesh! Mark M’s Heavily-Abridged Dictionary by Mark M, B.c.D.E. The M…