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Author

A former journalist, Mark writes frequently for the mainstream media, as well as scholarly and trade publications.  His articles on Benjamin Franklin, Edgar Allan Poe, Henry David Thoreau, Rebecca Harding Davis, truth in the media, student success, and other subjects have appeared in The Conversation, The Chronicle of Higher Education, Southern Cultures, Journalism History, American Literary Realism, and other outlets.

Mind Travel Columns

Mind Travel is a free weekly newsletter for people who love words and ideas.  Each issue features a column about literature, language, and history. Available on this page, on Substack, and by email subscription, Mind Travel takes you beyond the words on the page to the realms of love, spirit, community, and more, helping you to thrive through thought.

Articles

"The Chief Academic Officer's Role in Transfer Student Success"

The Transfer Experience

2021

The Academic Minute

December 22, 2020

a|b: Auto/Biography Studies

2019

"Putting Wolfe in His Place (and Yours)"

The Thomas Wolfe Review 

2015

“The Polar Regions”

Poe in Context

2012

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