Morton Marcus, poet and film critic, is the author of ten books of poems and one novel.  His most recent books are Striking Through The Masks: A Literary Memoir (Capitola Book Company, 2008); a collection of prose poems, Pursuing The Dream Bone (Quale Press, 2007); Shouting Down The Silence: Verse Poems 1988-2001 (Creative Arts Books, 2002) and Moments Without Names: New & Selected Prose Poems (White Pine Press, 2002). He taught English and film at Cabrillo College for thirty years, is a longtime host of The Poetry Show on KUSP, and reviews movies on the Bay Area TV show Cinema Scene.  In 1999 he was the Santa Cruz County Artist of the Year and in 2007 he received the Gail Rich Award for his cultural contributions to the community.

Read Meditation On My Skull by Morton Marcus in Double Room: A Journal of Prose Poetry and Flash Fiction, hosted on WebDelSol.

See the Morton Marcus website, including four new poems, and a statement on what a poem should do with links to interviews and statements on writing.

Morton Marcus Tuesday, September 1, 2009 at 7:30 PM, Capitola Book Café, 1475 41st Avenue, Capitola [map] $3 suggested donation to Poetry Santa Cruz.
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