POET · WRITER · ARTIST · LEARNING DESIGNER

Whatever clarity,
go tell yourself
a story.

Poetry, nonfiction, performance, interactive work, visual art, and experiential learning.

Tony Mancus

Books

Cover of Same After Life

POETRY

Same After Life

Gasher Press · 2024

Cover of All the Ordinariness

POETRY

All the Ordinariness

The Magnificent Field · 2022

Cover of Bye Sea

CHAPBOOK

Bye Sea

Tree Light Books

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Projects

PARTICIPATORY POETRY · INTERACTIVE PERFORMANCE

Fortunate Weather System

An interactive poetry system in which individual choices generate personal fortunes while accumulating into a poem created by the room.

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Learning Design

SIMULATION · INTERACTION · EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING

Learning through decisions.

I design experiences that ask people to practice, collaborate, interpret information, make decisions, and respond to consequences.

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Collages

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About

I’m a poet, writer, artist, and learning designer interested in narrative, memory, systems, uncertainty, and what people do when placed inside them.

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