Mark Slouka
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Mark Slouka is the child of Czech immigrants. He is the internationally recognized author of six books. Both his fiction and nonfiction have been translated into sixteen languages. His stories have twice been selected for inclusion in Best American Short Stories, and his essays have appeared three times for Best American Essays. A contributing editor to ”Harpers Magazine” since 2001, his work also appears in ”Ploughshares”, ”Orion Magazine”, ”Bomb”, ”The Paris Review”, ”Agni”, and ”Granta”. A Guggenheim and NEA fellowship recipient, he has taught literature and writing at Harvard, Columbia, and University of Chicago. He is currently living in Brewster, NY.
Best Book of the Year by the San Francisco Chronicle for ”God’s Fool” New York Times Notable Book in 1998 for the short story collection ”Lost Lake” and the nonfiction work War of the Worlds National Magazine Award for fiction for his short story, ”
Brewster : | Essays from the nick of time : | God’s fool | God’s fool / | Lost Lake / | Lost lake : | The visible world | The visible world / | War of the worlds :