Grateful acknowledgement is here given the Puffin Foundation, Ltd for their ongoing support and encouragement. — MPS
Personal History
Born in Spokane, Washington on September 21, 1962, I am third of four children. Skilled and knowledgeable in composition and submission of manuscripts—articles, stories, poems; grants, film and theatre scripts—to editors for consideration for publication. Firs
t published in 1991.
6/02 thru 11/02: Personal Assistant for attorney Stan Lippmann. Helped construct (remodel) Mr Lippmann’s office in Pioneer Square, Seattle, and in the daily management of his personal affairs. (Reference below.)
10/97 thru 2/02: Freelance Writer. First published in 1991.
7/94 thru 9/97: Manager, YNOT Magazines & News. Assisted owner in operating store: cashier, shipping and receiving, stock and inventory, making deposits and balancing register at end of shifts. Entrusted with improving and maintaining workflow, morale, and atmosphere in both stores—Federal Way and Seattle locations. (Reference below.)
• 6/92 to 3/94 Bartender, Pier 51 Restaurant, Spokane, WA
• 3/89 to 6/92 Student, Liberal Arts, Pierce College, Tacoma, WA
• 9/87 to 11/87 Bartender, Backwoods Tavern, Spokane, WA
• 10/86 to 1/87 Student, Journalism, SFCC, Spokane, WA
Design
Since first being published (1991), I’ve designed and printed 21 of my own books; Sideswiped (poetry); Kinds, Amounts & Frequencies (poetry); Falconhood (poetry); Scrapbook of Atrocities (poetry); Incisors (poetry); Insectivore (poetry); Spokanistan (poetry); Handgunner (poetry); Savage Pimp (poetry): Dirty Shirt (poetry); Anti-Hitler (poetry); Look At Me When I Kill You (poetry); The Great Pumpkin Massacre (poetry); Tomatoes (short stories); RATDETH (letters); Zupan (novel, unfinished) and Next Door (novel, also unfinished). Honors
June 1992: AAS in General Studies/Liberal Arts. Graduated with honors: GPA 3.8. Focus of studies: literature, computer studies, paper, printing, and publishing; Pierce College, Tacoma, WA. Received a grant from the Puffin Foundation in April 1992 to complete first novel, Zupan; grant awarded on merit of introductory chapter to Zupan and poetry chapbook concept: An Alphabet of Prison. Grant subsidized, 02/96, toward publication of 2nd poetry chapbook: Kinds, Amounts & Frequencies, and again (03/04) for publication of subsequent material. Received grant, 11/96, from the Ludwig Vogelstein Foundation toward publication of Pinochle, a one-hour play in one act. Honorable Mention, 1994 International PEN Writing Contest, for long poem: Seamless. Publications
First published in 1991; since then published in USA, UK, and Canadian & French Canadian publications. Work has been accepted by POETRY MOTEL, Lunatic Fringe (poems, fiction, concert reviews), MEN AS WE ARE (fiction), GEORGETOWN REVIEW (poetry), Creation Spirituality (poetry), South Ash (poems), ONTHEBUS (fiction), Changing Men (poetry), FORTUNE NEWS (poetry), Lullaby Jesus (poetry), THE PIONEER (poems & editorial), Journeyman (fiction), WIG (poetry), Calliope (poetry), The Journal of Sociological Studies of The University of Sheffield (fiction, poems, book reviews), PLUM RUBY REVIEW (poetry, online@ www.plumrubyreview.com ), SPREAD Magazine & others. Current Projects
Pinochle, a one act, one-hour play about watching someone die in Spokane County Jail—and being unable to help or to stop it. Zupan, a novel about Hillyard, a large railroad outpost (now dead) located north of Spokane, Washington, where I grew up. The Trailer under the Pepper Tree, a story about social/personal and spiritual ramifications of freeway/ramp building in America. The Surrogate, an original screenplay about a surrogate rockstar, in the tradition of Robert Altman's Nashville. Grendel, a screen adaptation of the 1971 John Gardner book, Grendel; The Beowulf legend told through the monster's eyes. References
Anthony (Tony) Wilson - Owner, YNOT Magazines - 2016 South 320th - Federal Way, WA 98003 - (253) 941-8171
Stan Lippman - Attorney - 4500 9th Avenue, Suite 200-Seattle, WA 98105 - (206) 633-6063
