Recent content from Mark Athitakis
Review: 'The Temps,' by Andrew DeYoung
FICTION: Gig workers try to stave off the end of humanity in this seriocomic second novel.
Review: 'The Last Chairlift,' by John Irving
FICTION: John Irving, 80, returns with an epic novel exploring — and recycling — some of his favorite themes.
Review: 'The Unwritten Book,' by Samantha Hunt
NONFICTION: The "Mr. Splitfoot" novelist rethinks mortality in a wide-ranging set of essays.
Review: 'The Temps,' by Andrew DeYoung
FICTION: Gig workers try to stave off the end of humanity in St. Paul novelist DeYoung's seriocomic second novel.
Review: 'What Strange Paradise,' by Omar El Akkad
FICTION: A migrant child washes up on a beach — alive — in Omar El Akkad's follow-up to "American War."
Review: 'Farthest South,' by Ethan Rutherford
FICTION: Everyday vulnerability and eerie occurrences merge in a new collection of short stories.
Review: 'How I Learned to Hate in Ohio,' by David Stuart MacLean
FICTION: A teenager confronts bullying, racism and a broken home in this sharp debut.