Archives for June 2022

Mark Anderson in the Spokesman-Review

One of the central difficulties … was trying to create a cohesive sense of self within the manuscript. And I think I learned a lot about where the center of my writing has been. I learned how to tie together some of the disparate versions of myself that have occurred on the page.

https://www.spokesman.com/stories/2022/jun/26/former-spokane-poet-laureate-mark-anderson-release/

Scarecrow Oracle in the Inlander

After more than a decade as a luminous leader in Spokane’s poetry scene, Mark Anderson is celebrating the release of his debut collection, Scarecrow Oracle. The former Spokane Poet Laureate (2017-19), also founder of the weekly Broken Mic series and a frequent publisher of poetry in local anthologies and publications (including the Inlander), has compiled several dozen poems composed in recent years into the 86-page collection. Anderson’s rhythmic, reflective compositions take root in childhood memories, yearnings for love and remembrance, our instinctual fear of death and loss, and wonder at how a single fleeting moment can trigger emotions that rattle us to the core.

Chey Scott

Scarecrow Oracle June 4 Release Party