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• name: description content: marcus amaker is charleston, sc's first poet laureate. he's also a graphic designer, electronic musician, opera librettist, and mentor.
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• Bio
• Poetry
• Opera
• Music
• Design
• Events
• Contact
• ➔ send an email & say hello (you can also hire me for design or a custom poem … )
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• some poems
• web design
• newspaper design
• print design + more
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• Grammy news 🎉
• protect Trans youth in SC
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• read my bio
• the latest album
• my favorite song right now
• https://www.strava.com/athletes/31963244
• my books
• poetry videos
• my publishing company
• SC Literary Hall of Fame news (!)
• Free Verse poets
• https://tapeloop.bandcamp.com/album/earth-poems-a-spoken-word-album
• https://tapeloop.bandcamp.com/
• https://www.wildsam.com/stories/favorite-best-poets-in-america-lithub
• https://marcusamakerstore.com/products/hold-what-makes-you-whole-signed-paperback
• https://www.uiatalent.com/post/weight-of-light
• https://song.link/i/1793598460
• interview on PBS Newshour
• interview in Washington Post
• my words, sung by Will Liverman
• visuals
• vinyl + CDs
• the best song i’ve ever done
• https://marcusamakerstore.com/products/subversive-vinyl
• https://tapeloop.bandcamp.com/album/humid-tombstones-2
• https://tapeloop.bandcamp.com/album/rhythm-vaccine-2020
• No Depression magazine
• https://charlestonmoves.org/
• https://renemarie.com/
• https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/8qo195a5af3htvszf9mis/4-calm-through-chaos.wav?rlkey=in15ia06d4z4hwycwobf5ltrs&dl=0

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