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.
Permission for Writers
Elizabeth McCracken’s A Long Game is a craft book that sidesteps rules.
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.
