TITLE: Caressed by Light

Birthday Gift, Seattle, WA

AUTHOR: Mark Hurtubise (United States)

Mark Hurtubise. During the 1970s, numerous works were published. Then family, two college presidencies and CEO of a community foundation. After a “four-decade” hiatus, he is creating again from the Pacific Northwest like a pregnant bird balancing on a twig. Recently, his poetry, fiction, essays, interviews, and photographs have appeared in such locales as pacificREVIEW; Grub Street; San Pedro River Review; Burningword; WhimsicalPoet; december; Wayne Literary Review; North Dakota Quarterly; Stanford Social Innovation Review; University of San Francisco, interview, Alum News; Aji Magazine, 8-page interview with photos; Aura Literary Arts Review, Artist Spotlight; Penumbra, Editors’ Pick; Monovisions Black & White Photography, honorable mention awards (2020, 2021); Monochrome, honorable mention awards (2022); Juried Art Impact International exhibition, three photos (2023).