Marcus Amaker - we deserve a world without war

we deserve a world without war is my 11th poetry book ~ a pocket-sized project wrapped in a zine-inspired design. It features 17 new poems.

You won’t find it on Amazon or big-box sites ~ just here and in local stores. The digital version includes links to audio and video performances of the poems.

The print version is 4×7 and fits in your pocket. Made with intention.

Charleston, SC artist Riivo Kruuk created the cover.

what are you willing to give up to get free?
does anyone find it ironic that a website will ask you to prove you are not a robot?
Marcus Amaker - we deserve a world without war
Marcus Amaker - we deserve a world without war

if you really
want to know
how it felt
to live through
the ache
of a decade
or the pulse
of a movement,
don’t open a textbook.

read the poets … 

Charleston Walking With Ghosts by David Edwards (photographer and author), with Marcus Amaker and A$iahMae

Charleston: Walking With Ghosts is a book by photographer David Edwards. David’s work beautifully and honestly captures Charleston in the ’90s. The book features 7 new poems and is also a collaboration with A$iahMae, Charleston’s current Poet Laureate.

tape loop - dust, kick, and snare

dust, kick, and snare is my 44th album as tape loop. I used a polyend tracker mini to make the beats. It includes samples of New York subway sounds, my daughter on an airplane, and more. Inspired by hip-hop. The cover was created by Carrie Wooden // Collage Kitsch.

Marcus Amaker - photos by Lauryn Darden
Marcus Amaker - photos by Lauryn Darden