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Mark Powell

About

Mark Powell is the author of six novels, including Firebird, forthcoming in January. He directs the creative writing program at Appalachian State University. He last wrote for the magazine about North Carolina songwriter Malcolm Holcombe.

Articles

Issue 103, Winter 2018

“You Don't Come See Me Anymore”

I ask Malcolm what he remembers about writing this song. He nods and takes a drag. “It’s just about getting lonely, I guess.”

By Mark Powell
Issue 107, Winter 2019

I Make of You What I Will

Mark Powell, author and creative writing program director, contemplates authenticity, elegiac intention, and identity.

By Mark Powell
Issue 112, Spring 2021

After Apple Picking

I loved not just the landscape, but what the landscape represented to me: family, and all the connection and comfort that comes with it.

By Mark Powell