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"How to Ride a Bicycle" by Mark Anderson

Dean Davis | Pictures of Poets

Mark L. Anderson is a co-founder of the poetry open mic, Broken Mic, in Spokane, Washington. In 2012 he was awarded the inaugural Ken Warfel fellowship for poets who have made substantial contributions to their communities. He has served as Spokane's Civic Poet Laureate since 2017.

Chris Maccini previously worked at SPR as Morning Edition host and producing arts and special programming such as The Bookshelf, Poetry Moment, Northwest Arts Review, special features and more.