Archive - Mark’s Substack

"You Just Get On With It"

Advice from the Queen

Jun 14 •

April 2025

Supporting Elk River Writers' Workshop

Apr 29 •

March 2025

"Babel" speaks in tongues; sparks the imagination

Martha Whittington and June Young (Will) Kim's collaboration with ensemble vim explores communication from its origin to its terminus as part of SPARK's…

Mar 1 •

January 2025

Refuge, Part Deux

"plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose”

Jan 24 •

October 2024

I’ve been thinking a lot about freedom lately.

Oct 17, 2024 •

August 2024

Chasing Summer on Nantucket

Whales, oysters, and red shorts create an atmosphere of ephemerality on the Grey Lady.

Aug 14, 2024 •

July 2024

An Open Letter to Natalie Merchant

We seem to disagree about architecture and civic planning. You hurt my feelings.

Jul 5, 2024 •

7:33

May 2024

Myrna Balsham taught me tenth-grade chemistry, or least she tried.

May 17, 2024 •

13:40

March 2024

Review: Dubious Breath

In the two decades since my college graduation, I’ve kept up with Jennifer as a friend, and even more recently, I’ve come to know her as a poet in her…

Mar 26, 2024 •

January 2024

Shawna Miller and Maria Teicher: "Arms Full"

Abundance and burden on display in Oslo

Jan 31, 2024 •

December 2023

Sour Cherries at Buc-ee's

About a year ago, our cadre made our annual holiday trip through the territory of childhood memory. But something new happened this time: We discovered…

Dec 16, 2023 •

October 2023

Please follow our code of conduct, or else!

Oct 20, 2023 •

12:00

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