Mark Zimmermann is currently working on a book-length poetry manuscript focused on his life in Japan, where he lived from 1990-1991 and 1993-2001. His first poetry collection, Impersonations, was published in 2015 by Pebblebrook Press, and work from it has been featured on Milwaukee Public Radio’s “Lake Effect,” at The Madison Museum of Contemporary Art, and in Wisconsin People & Ideas, and was twice nominated for a Pushcart Prize. His poems and prose have appeared in a variety of print and online venues. Currently he lives in Milwaukee with his wife Carole and two cats.
