Marc Maurus is a Vietnam Veteran. Not only did he survive that experience, but alcoholism, and drug addiction, as well as a suicide attempt in 1995. He suffered a closed head injury from that attempt, and was told by the treating physicians that medical science could do nothing to cure that condition. Asking what he himself might do, he was told that if he read constantly, every waking moment, every day, he might stand a chance of healing the brain damage. Always an avid reader, Marc read over one millions words a week, every week, for nine months. He read himself well, and completely recovered from his disability. Today, he is a published performance poet, and, along with the Poet – in – Residence of Plymouth, Michigan, Rod Reinhart, co-produces the poetry television show "The Poet and the Power." Hi works has been published by the Detroit News, Midwest Poetry Review, Solidarity Magazine, Glowing Embers, Mobius: The Poetry Magazine, and "Why Would Anyone Pose Them Like That?" , the first Voices on the Wind Anthology. His first book, Freedom Fighter, is a vailable from BarneyBeach Publishing, 27030 Havelock, Dearborn Heights, MI 48127, E-Mail: MikeB@dhol.com, for twenty dollars postpaid. Freedom Fighters is one hundred pages of poetry, showing Marc Maurus at his best. Besides his stunning love poetry, his antiwar work and his rants against social injustice and intolerance have garnered him a loyal growling following. He has performed by invitation, at all the significant venues in Southeast Michigan, as well as in Windsor, Ontario, Canada. He has been interviewed on the radio, and is a finalist in the Writer's Voice Second Annual Chapbook Contest.

You can contact Marc Maurus at (248) 584-3644 for information concerning ordering a personalized bopy of his book, for upcoming feature events, or to be put on the mailing list for future "The Poet and the Power" events, which are currently being taped live at the Plymouth Coffee Bean Company, Plymouth.