Mark Pritchard

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First Name: 
Mark
Last Name: 
Pritchard
Location: 
Bernal Heights, San Francisco
Gender: 
Male

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Favorite Font: 
The one at St. Gregory of Nyssa Church in San Francisco
Favorite Place to Write: 
Some little cabin all on my own
Favorite Place to Read: 
Living room armchair in my parents house when I was a teenager
Best time of day to write: 
Curiously, about 4:30 pm

Bio/Mission

During the early 1990s, Mark Pritchard was founder and co-editor (with Cris Gutierrez) of the seminal sex-and-politics zine Frighten the Horses. Two collections of his sex stories, "Too Beautiful and Other Stories" and "How I Adore You," were published by Cleis Press in 2001. Since then he has been working on novels. He has also been a blogger on TheRumpus, San Francisco Metblogs, and his personal website, www.toobeautiful.org.

Inspirations

Kathy Acker, Richard Brautigan, Larry McMurtry's novels set in modern Texas, Roberto Bolaño, Patricia Highsmith, Henry Miller, Jane DeLynn, Georges Simenon's _roman durs,_ Graham Greene.

Mark Pritchard's Manuscripts

  1. Dear Prudence 1 year ago (Published)

Mark Pritchard's Last Word

Title Type Replies Last Postsort icon
What do you do for a living? Conversation 51 1 year 10 weeks ago
22. Career Path Chapter 3 1 year 16 weeks ago
1. Like Real Americans Chapter 4 1 year 17 weeks ago
THE PUNCH, chpt 12 Chapter 6 1 year 17 weeks ago
THE PUNCH, chpt 11 Chapter 1 1 year 17 weeks ago
THE PUNCH, chpt 9 Chapter 1 1 year 17 weeks ago
THE PUNCH, chpt 8 Chapter 4 1 year 17 weeks ago
THE PUNCH, chpt 1 Chapter 16 1 year 18 weeks ago
The life and death of Diego: a memoir of David Barrett Manuscript 3 1 year 18 weeks ago
19. We Have Had Democracy for Sixty Years Chapter 1 1 year 18 weeks ago