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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.

Aside from that, just paying attention to the everyday can yield a wide range of prompts. A throwaway remark, a momentary visual, a pungent smell... all of these contribute to my writing.(less)
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The Complete Far Side by Gary Larson
The Complete Far Side: Volume Two, 1987-1994
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The Heaviest Ideas in the Universe: A Philosophy of Heavy Metal
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Peripheral Linguistic Brutality: Metal Languaging in the Asia Pacific (Asia Pop!)
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How to Kill a Language: Power, Resistance, and the Race to Save Our Words
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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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