Mark Salzman is a writer who hasn't written much since becoming a stay-at-home dad in 2001. He loves his kids, but he enjoyed being by himself for a few weeks at MacDowell. At MacDowell, he worked on a book about existential anxiety - creating a plot for the novel, completing a rough draft for it, and beginning the second draft.
Discipline:
Literature – nonfiction
Mark Salzman
Discipline:
Literature – nonfiction
Region: La Canada Flintridge, CA
MacDowell Fellowships: 1999, 2011
Studios
Van Zorn (formerly Kirby)
Mark Salzman worked in the Van Zorn (formerly Kirby) studio.
Constructed thanks to a bequest from Sarah L. Kirby, Kirby Studio was the last new building to be erected during Mrs. MacDowell’s leadership (1907-1951). The load-bearing masonry walls were laid by local mason Augustus Beaulieu atop a fieldstone foundation. A 1995 renovation preserved the brick fireplace with wooden mantel and…