Mark Athitakis Book Recommendations & Book Mentions

Mark Athitakis

I almost never read the short stories in the New Yorker, Harper's, Paris Review, etc., because I figure they'll eventually wind up in a collection. But my son really likes Kate DiCamillo---we finished "Beverly, Right Here" together just this week---so here we are. https://t.co/moM6BkIvsR

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Sexton wants to deliver the warmth of a family saga with an overall mood of uplift, but she also seeks to write a novel about a neighborhood in crisis and what it means to try to chase your dreams when a wrecking ball is swinging right toward them.

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“Nobel Prize” is a kind of experimental lab of satirical fiction: How many through lines of today’s culture wars can you realistically stuff into a novel while still claiming to have produced a comedy?

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I wrote about George Saunders' first story collection in nearly a decade, "Liberation Day," for WaPo: https://t.co/FkqGsCboe5

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What Powers’ epic, Pulitzer-winning 2018 novel, 'The Overstory,' did for forests, this novel does for oceans... Booker Prize finalist 'Playground' demonstrates how he’s sharpened both his intellectual interests with a knack for lively and optimistic storytelling.

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The only NBA finalist I've read is Imani Perry's "South to America," but it's a good one. My review at @On_The_Seawall: https://t.co/LLegF4Rq4x

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I've long been a fan of Yiyun Li, so it was a pleasure to interview her about "The Book of Goose." Also discussed: Slow reading, "Housekeeping," and her next planned group-read. https://t.co/xreznHEQ12

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Sorry to learn that Robert Goolrick has died. A fine writer---"A Reliable Wife" is an excellent Midwestern gothic story. https://t.co/XkmrA4cGC8

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Post-It found in my used copy of Iris Murdoch's "The Sea, The Sea." https://t.co/GAMcFR8wLY

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@LKonstan Parable of the Sower springs to mind. There's also Lionel Shriver's The Mandibles and Frederick C. Rich's Christian Nation, though neither is SF besides being speculative/dystopian.