Mark Alice Durant: Confessions of a Working Class Artist | Book Launch, Reading and Signing

Mark Alice Durant will read from Confessions of a Working Class Artist and be in conversation with Rahne Alexander, followed by a book signing

Atomic Books
3620 Falls Rd., Baltimore, MD 2121

Mark Alice Durant makes a point of noting that his new book is neither a sociological study nor a manifesto. Still, Confessions of a Working Class Artist is quite a lot of things, including an autobiography, a celebration of art in general and photography in particular, and even a collection of advice (sort of) for aspiring creatives, interspersed with aphoristic commentary on life as an artist of humble origins.
Confessions is written in an episodic style, mixing personal anecdotes of shame and revelation, sociopolitical observations, and stories from fellow working-class artists. Durant also writes about some of the biggest influences on his artistic (and political) views, from the Austrian poet Rainer Maria Rilke to the French painter Gustave Caillebotte to the American filmmaker Maya Deren.