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Mark Maynard - Grind at Book Passage, Corte Madera: Sat. Jan. 19, 2013

Dec.16.2012

A sometime-stand-up comedian by night, an all-the-time writer and teacher by day, Mark Maynard has taught community college students about narrative arc, helicopter skied after stories for a local newspaper, thrown in his lot with a start-up dotcom biz, and coordinated play-dates for his two boys as a stay-at-home dad. It’s no wonder Maynard chose to write about a city as transformative as Reno, Nevada. Each of the eight stories in his debut novel, Grind ($15.95), introduces characters striving and struggling in “the Biggest Little City.”

Location:

51 Tamal Vista Blvd
Corte Madera,
California
94925
United States

Writing

Short Story: Vessel

Published Reviews

Grind
Dec.08.2012
Published by The Reno News and Review
I really liked this collection, and I’ve got to add it to my “local must reads” list. I don’t want to make too much of it, but I’ve really noticed an uptick in the quality of...