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Mark Polanzak

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Mark Polanzak is the author of the BOA Short Fiction Prize-Winning collection, The OK End of Funny Town, forthcoming May, 2020 from BOA Editions, and the hybrid fiction/memoir, POP! (Stillhouse, 2016). His stories have appeared in The Southern Review and The American Scholar, and anthologized in Best American Nonrequired Reading. He is a founding editor of draft: the journal of process and a contributor to the podcast, The Fail Safe. A graduate of the University of Arizona's MFA program in fiction, Mark teaches writing and literature at the Berklee College of Music in Boston. He lives in Salem, Massachusetts. ...more

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Average rating: 4.09 · 94 ratings · 11 reviews · 10 distinct works • Similar authors

	The OK End of Funny Town 3.80 avg rating — 51 ratings — published 2020 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	POP! 4.24 avg rating — 29 ratings — published 2016 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	draft: the journal of process: Issue Four by Amy Bloom, Helen Phillips (Goodreads Author), David James Poissant (Goodreads Author) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 5 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	draft: the journal of process: Issue Three by Joe Wilkins (Goodreads Author), Matt Hart, Roxane Gay (Goodreads Author) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	draft: the journal of process: Issue Two by Alicia Erian, Donald Dunbar, Mark Polanzak (Goodreads Author) (Editor) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Draft: the Journal of Process: Issue Five by Elisa Gabbert (Goodreads Author), Rodney Koeneke (Goodreads Author), Lara Glenum (Goodreads Author) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	draft: the journal of process: Issue One by Matt Bell, Stacey Richter, Mark Polanzak (Goodreads Author) (Editor) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	draft: the journal of process: Issue Six by Dylan Nice, Christopher Boucher, Mark Polanzak (Goodreads Author) (Editor) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The OK End of Funny Town it was ok 2.00 avg rating — 1 rating	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	draft: the journal of process: Issue Two by Donald Dunbar, Alicia Erian, Mark Polanzak (Goodreads Author) (Editor) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Mark liked Ella Bloom's review of POP!: "Polanzak's POP! is a moving, joyful, witty, and at times wry portrayal of the emotion that humans universally grapple with: grief. His novel is somewhat like a tennis match in the way that he engages with grief itself, for the journey through life af" Read more of this review »
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