Mark Maynard | creative writing

Introducing “Stupor”… the book

By Mark | April 5, 2011

Two of my best friends are releasing books this week, and, in spite of the all-consuming jealousy that’s overtaken me, I’ve decided to help them promote their works here. The first book that I’d like to tell you about is by my blog-hijacking friend Steve Hughes, the publisher of the often recalled zine Stupor. Here’s […]

Posted in Art and Culture, Detroit, Dreamland Tonight, Shadow Art Fair, Uncategorized | Also tagged A Hole for Brains and Candy, animal cruelty, animal torture, Art X, bed shitting, Book Beat, Dances with Wolves, DIA, disappointment, do it yourself, drunkenness, dumb luck, flopping dicks, free beer, friends who do cooler stuff that I do, friends with books, Hamtramck, I'm a Spy, infidelity, jealousy, Jeff Kay, Jeff Kelly, Kresge Foundation, Kresge literary arts fellowship, Leopold's Books, Linette, Lynn Crawford, Mark's favorite authors, Microcosm, MOCAD, pant shitting, Prehensile Monkey-tailed Skink, Printed Matter, Public Pool, Quimby's, references to Mark's fat ass, self-publishing, Simply Separate People Two, Steve Hughes, Stupor, Temp Slave, Thomson Shore, West Virginia Surf Report, zine friends, zines | 4 Comments

Long Gone: A Poetry Sideshow

By Mark | March 30, 2011

A local woman by the name of Karrie Waarala is putting on a one-woman show at the Riverside Arts Center this weekend, and, as I thought that some of you might find the subject matter of interest, I took the opportunity to ask her a few questions. The show, which is entitled Long Gone: A […]

Posted in Art and Culture | Also tagged advertising, Auburn Hills, ballyhoo, carnies, circus, fire-eating, fortune telling, Freaks, John Ringling North II, juggling, Karrie Waarala, Kickstarter, Long Gone: A Poetry Sideshow, MFA, Milford, NASCAR, one-woman show, plays, poetry, Riverside Arts Center, sideshows, Stonecoast low-residency program, sword swallower, tattooed lady, temporary tattoos, University of Southern Maine, Ward Hall, World of Wonders | 3 Comments

Mittenfest V is right around the corner

By Mark | December 12, 2010

Over New Year’s weekend, Ypsilanti will, as it’s done for the past four years, play host to the incredible Michigan music festival known as Mittenfest. Following is a short interview I conducted online with organizers Brandon Zwagerman, Jeremy Peters and Amy Sumerton on what they’ve got in store for us this year, and how the […]

Posted in Art and Culture, Uncategorized, Ypsilanti | Also tagged 826, 826 Michigan, Amy Sumerton, Avalon Housing, Bad Indians, Black Jake and the Carnies, Born to Run, Brandon Zwagerman, Catherine Calabro, Champions of Breakfast, Charles Trees, Chris Bathgate, circumspice, Clemente, Corner brewery, Deadbeat Beat, Drunken Barn Dance, Elbow Room, English Language Learners, Fiona Apple, folk, Gun Lake, In Tall Buildings, interviews, Jeremy Peters, Jim Roll, Liberty Street Robot Supply & Repair, Lightning Love, Loune, Matt Jones, Matt Jones and the Reconstruction, MC Trashpedal, Mitytenfest, music, music festivals, Our Brother the Native, Ozone House, Photographers, Pistolbrides, public school challenges, Red Wings, residency, Secret Twins, Silverghost, Springsteen, The Juliets, the Michigan diaspora, The Satin Peaches, The Sights, tutoring, volunteer opportunities, Woodruff's, writing skills, Ypsi festivals, Ypsilanti Middle School | 7 Comments

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Introducing “Stupor”… the book

Long Gone: A Poetry Sideshow

Mittenfest V is right around the corner

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