Comments for Mark Athitakis' American Fiction Notes

While 'what is it about' can be an awkward prompt to distill art into something more categorizable, it can be a corrective as well for the unfocused writer. 'What is it about' also remains very d...

https://markathitakis.com/2012/05/07/new-yorker-magazine-fiction-keywording/#comment-5436

Kind of you to say---thank you!

https://markathitakis.com/2011/05/22/ordinary-people/#comment-5434

This is simply the most clear-headed thing I've ever had written about my work. Thank you.

https://markathitakis.com/2011/05/22/ordinary-people/#comment-5433

That's an astonishing dismissal of self-published work. If the "long-suffering mid-list writer" begins to self-publish as a way of escaping his status as long-sufferer, given all the multiplied m...

https://markathitakis.com/2012/04/24/seven-things-i-think-i-think-about-book-reviews/#comment-5430

excellent review and so refreshing in comparison to the others

https://markathitakis.com/2010/06/13/keynote-speech/#comment-5428

I really liked Swamplandia! (I just finished it), but I also agree that it's flawed. It contains too much technical description of the swampland. You can read my full review here: http://thepenan...

https://markathitakis.com/2012/04/18/fictionpulitzergate/#comment-5427

A short story collection must be subtle and crisp. It is important to note that the readers are more inclined to short stories because of the crispness and subtlety.

https://markathitakis.com/2010/05/23/getting-uneven/#comment-5426

I think that those codings don't capture fiction, but libraries need some way to categorize the massive qualities of books they are tasked with organizing... it doesn't take away from it... book ...

https://markathitakis.com/2012/05/07/new-yorker-magazine-fiction-keywording/#comment-5425

Thanks, this is interesting. As a long-time reader and writer but NOT a long-time book reviewer (I've recently started a new blog on the topic) I'm all nervous about doing it right. This intervie...

https://markathitakis.com/2012/04/24/seven-things-i-think-i-think-about-book-reviews/#comment-5418

Wow, that is a really interesting quote. And it sounds like a really interesting book. :)

https://markathitakis.com/2012/04/04/a-novel-is-a-pattern/#comment-5417