{"title":"Mark Lewandowski","description":"Mark Lewandowski writes stories, essays, and screenplays. In addition to sliming fish in Alaska, he has served as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Poland, and taught American Studies and Creative Writing as a Fulbright Scholar in Lithuania. He completed his MFA in Creative Writing at Wichita State University. Currently, he lives in Terre Haute, where he teaches at Indiana State University.","products":[{"product_id":"red-and-white-paperback","title":"Red and White - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMark Lewandowski is the author of the story collection, Halibut Rodeo. His essays, stories, and scripts have appeared in many literary journals, including The Gettysburg Review, The North American Review and The Florida Review. In addition to numerous Best of the Net and Pushcart nominations, his work has been listed as \"Notable\" in The Best American Essays, The Best American Travel Writing, and The Best American Nonrequired Writing. He has taught English as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Poland, and as a Fulbright Scholar in Lithuania. Currently, he is a Professor of English at Indiana State University.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67781319164127,"sku":"9781972482056","price":17.48,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/y7KCzOipon9781972482056.webp?v=1790689912"},{"product_id":"halibut-rodeo-paperback","title":"Halibut Rodeo - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eTom Bodett once said that Homer, Alaska was \"the farthest place you could go without a passport.\" The colorful cast of characters that inhabit this collection of interconnected stories live at the very end of the westernmost highway in North America, driven there by love and loneliness, God and greed. In the shadow of the snow capped peaks and ancient glaciers, they live out their lives-both comic and tragic-in hopes of getting through just one more day of salmon season. In this vivid, moving collection, Mark Lewandowski brings us the tough poetry of the Alaskan fishing industry, an end-of-the-world ecosystem of Slime-Line Queens and drunks, Born-Agains and sinners. Like the fish workers he describes, Lewandowski knows how to eviscerate. He peels back his characters' thick skins and removes their still-beating hearts. Halibut Rodeo is an arresting collection of stories about lonely people trying to find each other and hold on. -- Lili Wright, author of Learning to Float\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67837421224159,"sku":"9780984421930","price":23.27,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/ZzWIFoohHA9780984421930.webp?v=1790776298"}],"url":"https:\/\/blackandbarhe.com\/collections\/mark-lewandowski.oembed","provider":"Black \u0026 Barhe Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}