The Mark Literary ReviewMar 54 minAuthor Interview: Iretomiwa XaronIretomiwa Xaron was published in The Mark in January of 2020. They are a non-binary queer writer from Nigeria. They are fascinated with the concepts of limi...
The Mark Literary ReviewFeb 182 minBook Review: High Achiever by Tiffany JenkinsThis book is a real life account of a drug addict who later would end up in prison. It's a nonfiction book, but it reads like fiction, which is one aspect of...
The Mark Literary ReviewFeb 15 minWe're Reading too Much Feminist Dystopian LiteratureWritten by: Jessica Purgett Over the past few years, feminist dystopian literature has risen in popularity. In a feminist dystopia, the oppression of women i...
The Mark Literary ReviewJan 42 minTop Three Books on Our Reading List this Month1. The Mourning Bird by Mubanga Kalimamukwento The Mourning Bird is the winner of the Dinaane Debut Fiction Award and hit shelves on June 1st, 2019. In 1990'...
The Mark Literary ReviewDec 24, 20191 minAnd Night Must Fall by Juleigh Howard-HobsonSometimes the sun sets without much fanfare— a gentle greying of the afternoon as all grows slowly dark. Tonight, though, pinks and reds compete with orange,...
The Mark Literary ReviewDec 21, 20191 minThe Truth of Blossoms and Dust by Brian Rihlmannas I walk among the fading yellow and reddening leaves among those bursting orange or bleeding black I remember reading somewhere that these are actually the...
The Mark Literary ReviewDec 19, 20191 minA Poets' Agora Residency 2020Do you want to spend two weeks writing in sunny, warm Athens, Greece? Of course you do! A Poets' Agora is offering its poetry residency for the second year. ...
The Mark Literary ReviewDec 18, 20191 minLost at Sea by Fabrice PoussinLiquid now, the substance of our lives once so solid; it runs like a torrent of memories lost in darkness, cut by the sharp edges of a jaded river bed, all w...
The Mark Literary ReviewDec 16, 20191 minThe Illusions of Other Sides by Edward LeeNo matter how much I shower I still smell the dirt on me, the decay of my death, the satin inlay of my coffin, the wood I broke to rise, gathering splinters ...
The Mark Literary ReviewDec 15, 201925 minThe Devil's Betelnut Box by Rekha Valliappan“Our existence is but a brief crack of light between two eternities of darkness.” —Vladimir Nabokov It was our group’s last two days of a week long “Secret C...
The Mark Literary ReviewDec 14, 201914 minLife in the Dream Factory by Alan SwyerIn a town where there’s rarely a man, woman, boy, or girl without a screenplay in the works – not just people who write professionally, or even those with no...
The Mark Literary ReviewDec 14, 20191 minDrowning in You by Alan Parrythere will never be anybody else i’m drowning in you your waves toss me around like a skiff powerless/pacific content to be swallowed by your storm
The Mark Literary ReviewDec 14, 20198 minThe Butterfly Killer by Carolyn WeisbeckerThe cardboard box sat high on the top shelf of my bedroom closet, shoved behind a mountain of fabric scraps and a snow globe that held a bride and groom in a...
The Mark Literary ReviewDec 14, 20194 minDodging Fridges by Martin WebbA fridge dropped out of the hellish night sky, shattering as it hit the asphalt. Shrapnel rained over us and I instinctively turned away from the detonation....
The Mark Literary ReviewDec 14, 201913 minHe's Come Undone by Bonnie CarlsonHow much longer could he continue to brush his teeth at the kitchen sink to avoid the bathroom mirror? The prospect of facing himself after all these months ...
The Mark Literary ReviewDec 14, 20195 minToS May Apply by Michael Bettendorf>> Name? << Will. >> Hello, Will. Would you mind sitting down? The voice is calm. The voice guides me to sit on the couch in front of me. A loveseat. The cou...
The Mark Literary ReviewDec 14, 20199 minA Day in the Life of a Death by Neil Randall“That’s the place, over there.” Bachman pointed to an attractive three-storey house situated on the other side of the canal. “Hardly a man of the people, eh?...
The Mark Literary ReviewDec 14, 201915 minAlmost Whole by Amber Christopher-BuscemiLight. My mother’s voice. Soft. Clear. Singing. Love. Her hands holding me. Rocking. Heartbeat. Love. Rocking. Heartbeat. Love. Heartbeat. Heartbeat. Heartbe...
The Mark Literary ReviewDec 14, 201910 minA Cave Full of Treasure by L.A. Rivers“Up there, those things, the no touch things. I want to touch them.” That’s the best translation I can give of the toddler consciousness my two year old self...
The Mark Literary ReviewDec 14, 20191 minBaghdad Iraq: The Armorer by Paul David AdkinsA new lieutenant burst into the arms room, didn’t even greet the armorer, and blew up— Why are these weapons missing? He shot his finger at a list. I have to...
