Marc Zegans is the author of the poetry collection "Pillow Talk" and two spoken word albums, "Marker and Parker" and "Night Work." He comes to "The Underwater Typewriter" through the bayous and backwaters of American poetry, having been the Narragansett Beer Poet Laureate, and a Poetry Whore with the New York Poetry Brothel-which "Time Out New York" described as "New York's Sexiest Literary Event." Marc has performed everywhere from the Bowery Poetry Club to the American Poetry Museum. As an immersive theater producer, he created the Boston Center for the Arts' CycSpecific "Speak-Easy" and "Salon Poetique: A Gathering of the 'Tossed Generation.'" He also has been MC and co-producer of "The No Hipsters Rock 'n Roll Revue" and co-producer, with Karen Lee, of "Burlesque for Books." Marc lives near the coast in Northern California.