Peter Markus

Born: 03/06/1966   Mt. Clemens , MI
Parents: Peter Markus, Lenke Mary Markus
Spouse: Rebecca Markus
Children: Helena, Solomon
Address(es):
Permanent :
2800 Truwood St.
Trenton , MI 48183
USA
Contact Information:
Phone : 734-692-3222
Email : [email protected]

Writings

Image Title Genre Audience Publisher Date
Bob, or man on boat / a novel Fiction Adult Westland, MI : Dzanc Books 2008
The Singing Fish Fiction Adult New York, NY : Calamari Press 2005
The moon is a lighthouse Poetry Adult Grand Rapids, MI : New Michigan Press 2003
Image of Good, Brother Good, Brother Poetry Adult New York, N.Y. : Calamari Press 2001
Still Lives With Whiskey Bottle Poetry Adult Greensboro, NC : March Street Press 1996
Other writings:
- Writing has appeared in the following: Black Warrior Review; Northwest Review; Quarterly West; New Orleans Review; Massachusetts Review; Seattle Review; Third Coast; The Prose Poem: An International Journal; Commonweal; Flyway; LitRag; Faultline; Barnabe Mountain Review; Hawaii Review; American Poetry: The Next Generation; New Poems From The Third Coast among others.
Fiction , Non Fiction , Poetry Adult
What is the aim or goal of your writing: "Writing must be habitual. I bring myself to the page driven there by the desire to make it new."

May inquiries be sent to you about doing workshops, readings: Yes

Donated books to the Authors & Illustrators database project: No

Skills:
Author
Poet

Awards:

Name Date
PrePress Award 1992
Trial Balloon Award
- Vignettes entitled Silences
1992
ArtServe Individual Creative Artist Award in Non-fiction for Weeds.
Pushcart Prize nomination from Black Warrior Review for "Good, Brother."
All-University Graduate Scholar Award from Western Michigan University.

Education:

Degree Institution Location Date
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) University of Michigan Ann Arbor , MI
Master of Fine Arts (M.F.A.) Western Michigan University Kalamazoo , MI

Career:

Position Organization Location Date
Writer-in-Residence InsideOut, Inc. Detroit , MI
Writer-in-Residence Interlochen Center For The Arts Interlochen , MI
Special Lecturer Oakland University Rochester , MI

Other Resources:

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