michael mack poet playwright performer



schizophrenia touches one in every hundred people, saints and sinners alike

"Exquisite"
National Public Radio

"Breathtaking"
Minneapolis Star Tribune

"Transcendent"
Boston Sunday Globe

"Healing"
Washington Post

one family's true story of madness, love, and redemption

 

featured poems

Our Lady of Sorrows

Confession

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hearing voices (speaking in tongues)
poetry of schizophrenia
Michael Mack's disarming one-man play about his mother's mental illness

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Michael Mack performing "Hearing Voices (Speaking in Tongues)"

latest news

May '08 – Hearing Voices plays historic Mechanics Hall in Worcester MA, May 14th. Read news article for more info.

Mar '08 – Mack's poem Spartacus Speaks accepted for publication in forthcoming anthology.

Jan '08 – Mack features with other poets to raise public awareness about mental illness.

Nov '07 – Hearing Voices plays the Indianapolis Spirit & Place Festival. Hear NPR interview.

Sep '07 – Mack features at Walden Pond, home of celebrated author Henry David Thoreau.

Aug '07 – Mack's poem Confession published in Best Catholic Writing 2007.

May '07 – Hearing Voices comes home to Baltimore. Read Baltimore Sun feature article.

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