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About Mark Blickley

Mark Blickley is a widely published and produced writer. His most recent book is Sacred Misfits (Red Hen Press) and most recently produced play, Beauty Knows No Pain, was produced last Fall at NYC's 13th Street Repertory Theater. He is a member of the Dramatists Guild and PEN American Center.

My meeting with Paul Bowles in Tangier, 1980

Mark Blickley

Tangier

In June of 1980 my manuscript submission had won me a place in the School of Visual Arts pilot program of study with writer/composer Paul Bowles in Tangier, Morocco. At the time of my acceptance to the program I was working as a regional reporter at the Record, a newspaper in Northern Jersey. I hated it. I wanted to create stories not record them. Paul Bowles was a hero to … [Read more...]

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