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Mark Allinson was born in 1947 and was raised in Melbourne, Australia. After working and travelling overseas for a number of years, Mark returned to university and completed a Ph.D in 1989 in English literature, and taught for six years at Monash university in Melbourne. He now teaches part-time on the remote campus of a regional university, south of Sydney. Since 2005 Mark has been writing poetry and has published many poems in small magazines, online magazines and anthologies.
Cross
this Bridge at a Walk, is now available from
Wind Publications in Kentucky.
Its sixteen narrative poems recount
incidents in America’s history from the
Revolution to the present, with cameo
appearances by Mother Ann Lee, Emily Dickinson,
Scott Joplin, and Bix Beiderbecke.
To read sample poems from the book, go to
“Coxey’s Army,”
“Spirea,” or “Jesus
Walking on the Water.”
We offer to anyone who contributes $20
or more to The New Formalist a free hard
copy of Alfred Dorn’s latest book, Visits and
Vistas, signed by the author. This book is a limited
edition of 50 signed and numbered copies, and only 20 of
them remain available. They will be given to
contributors on a first-come, first-served basis.
Copies of Alfred Dorn’s earlier books are offered by
on-line booksellers for prices as high as $175, and signed
copies of his books are very scarce. Don’t delay!