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Mark Engelsson is a transatlantic nomad masquerading as a writer. He mostly focuses on poetry, with occasional forays into short stories and a couple of ideas for novels on the backburner. What If What’s Inside Me Isn’t Me? is his début book, exploring the duality in life while being unafraid to shine a light on the darker side of humanity.

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Mark Engelsson Many different sources! I frequently use music as a soundtrack for my writing (blog posts forthcoming on that topic) and will also create pieces as a …moreMany different sources! I frequently use music as a soundtrack for my writing (blog posts forthcoming on that topic) and will also create pieces as a response to a piece of art or photography (more than one poem in What If... was written in this way). For me, art is interwoven.

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“When every struggle is an uphill
battle,
And a looming sense of disaster
It leaves me wondering if this life
is worth it”
― Mark Engelsson, What If What's Inside Me Isn't Me?
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“We will rot in the same
grave”
― Mark Engelsson, What If What's Inside Me Isn't Me?
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“Where were you when you gave
up?
When your dreams crawled out of
your headspace
And died, shivering, starved of
nourishment?”
― Mark Engelsson, What If What's Inside Me Isn't Me?
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