Mark Spitzer

ONLINE REVIEWS OF SPITZER BOOKS

Riding the Unit

Chum

The Church

From Absinthe to Abyssinia

From Absinthe to Abyssinia

Divine Filth

To contact Mark Spitzer write him at corpse_ed@yahoo.com and put the word "MESSAGE" in the subject line so he knows it's not a spam.

The Corpse Rises Encore

Surreal Spitzer Feature

Hear Spitzer Read From Age of the Demon Tools

Spitzer Reads Poetry Class Manifesto

Spitzer's Poetry Class Interviews Andrei Codrescu

Spitzer Profile

Spitzer Takes on DNR

Spitzer Shuts Down City Hall

Pollution/Corruption Video Pt. 1

Pollution/Corruption Video Pt. 2

THE POEMS
(with an intro by Edmund White)

POSTHUMOUS PLAYS:
FIRST ENGLISH TRANSLATIONS EVER

THE POPE

SPLENDID'S HOTEL

Mark Spitzer, novelist, poet, and literary translator, grew up in Minneapolis where he earned his Bachelor's degree at the University of Minnesota in 1990. He then moved to the Rockies, where he earned his Master's in Creative Writing from the University of Colorado. After living on the road for some time, he found himself in Paris, as Writer in Residence for two years at the bohemian bookstore Shakespeare and Company, where he translated French criminals and perverts. In 1997 he moved to Louisiana, became the Assistant Editor of Andrei Codrescu's legendary lit journal Exquisite Corpse, and earned an MFA from Louisiana State University. After teaching Creative Writing and Lit for five years at Truman State University, he’s now a professor of Writing at the University of Central Arkansas. He is Managing Editor of Exquisite Corpse Annual—issue #1 will hit the streets in 2009. Spitzer is also a gar-nut; the photo above is of him and his 106 lb., six-foot-five alligator gar.