Mark Athitakis
Mark Athitakis is the author of The New Midwest (Belt Publishing), a critical study of contemporary fiction set in the region. He lives in Arizona.
Unsolved Homicide
The novelist in Peter Orner’s The Gossip Columnist’s Daughter tries to find out who killed Karyn Kupcinet.
The Circle Game
In Traveling: On the Path of Joni Mitchell, Ann Powers tracks a most elusive star.
Bang Bang Shoot Shoot
Cameron McWhirter and Zusha Elinson’s American Gun: The True Story of the AR-15 is a cautionary tale.
The Home Front
At the heart of Mona Simpson’s Commitment is a family on the ropes.
City Lights
Margaret Wilkerson Sexton’s On the Rooftop is a story of the Fillmore.
The Home Front
In Mercury Pictures Presents, Anthony Marra looks back at World War II.
He Said, He Said
Antoine Wilson’s Mouth to Mouth is a literary hall of mirrors.
The Agony and the Ecstasy
In Appleseed, Matt Bell rewrites the future, and the past.