- “Mark! My Words” is subtitled “How to Discover the Joy of Music, the Delight of Language, and the Pride of Achievement in the Age of Trash Talk and Cultural Chaos.” It is the first major book to address our current cultural crisis and to provide positive solutions that can impact your life and the state of our culture.
- “Our Musical Heritage: From Yankee Doodle to Carnegie Hall, Broadway and the Hollywood Sound Stage.” Classical music, jazz, film music, and the masterpieces of musical theater are in danger of fading into an undeserved oblivion. “Our Musical Heritage” explores America’s musical past, provides a link to our musical present, and distills the essence of our nation’s musical spirit from the music itself.
- “Playboy at the Piano: Profiles and Reflections From a Life in Music, Books, and Broadcasting” is an extraordinary collection of word portraits of the Mark Evans’ teachers, mentors, colleagues, friends, and guests on his radio and television shows. Include are world-famous figures in music, literature, art, film, theater, and those who are simply “beyond category.”
What people have said about Mark after “Marking! His Words”
If we had a Mark Evans on every station, we would have some cultural stirrings. ~ Norman Corwin – “The Poet-Laureate of Radio”
A man of the future, a worker in the present, A master of the past. ~ Nicolas Slonimsky – Composer, conductor, editor, “Baker’s Biographical Dictionary “
As always, the best interviewer on the tour. ~ Judson Hale – Editor, Yankee Magazine and “The Old Farmer’s Almanac”
A deep bow to Mark Evans. ~ Anita Loos – Author of “Gentleman Prefer Blondes”
Truly a jig! The ideal interviewer. ~ Pat O’Brien – Star of stage and screen
Honestly, this was the most knowledgeable and interesting interviewing I’ve ever experienced. ~ Martin Gottfried – Saturday Review and New York Post
A wizard interviewer! A huge addition to our community, a real cake of yeast in a slow-rise territory. ~ Voit Gilmore – former President, American Society of Travel Agents, former Dir., U.S. Travel Service
I have spent some 50 years in our journalistic question and answer business and cannot recall another so accomplished interviewer. ~ Mohsin Ali, O.B.E. – Former Diplomatic Editor, Reuters
Very talented indeed. ~ Tad Mosel – Pulitzer-prize winning playwright
I’ve rarely met anyone in the mass media with his insight and intelligence. ~ Joseph Murphy – President, Bennington College
Admiration for Mark’s talent in words, music and ideas. ~ Richard Armour – Author of 60 books of humor and light verse, Dean of the Faculty, Scripps College
A super interview. ~ Dick Locher – Pulitzer-prize winning cartoonist, Chicago Tribune Delightful! ~ Leonard Wibberley – author,”The Mouse That Roared”
I cannot begin to say how much I enjoyed the time we spent together, and what a fine interviewer his insight, interest, and enthusiasm matched by almost no one. ~ Howard Teichmann – Broadway playwright, biographer, Professor, Barnard College, Columbia University
Perceptive questions. ~ Bill Rice – Washington Post
Admiration for Mark’s music and his words. ~ Jerome Lawrence – Peabody-award winning playwright
A delightful experience from start to finish. ~ John Walker – Director, National Gallery of Art
One of life’s great gifts is getting to meet and know talented people like Mark Evans. ~ Loonis McGlohon – Composer, “North Carolina Is My Home”
Great interview. ~ Bob Timberlake – Nationally renowned North Carolina artist and designer
Marvelous and highly original program. ~ Colleen McCullough – “The Thorn Birds”
