Mark Slouka
Mark Slouka’s short fiction has featured in Best American Short Stories and has been awarded a National Magazine Award for Fiction. He is a Contributing Editor at Harper’s, and the author of The Woodcarver’s Tale and God’s Fool (Knopf and Picador). He is Professor of English Literature at the University of Chicago.
Publications
Mark Slouka on Granta.com
Essays & Memoir | The Online Edition
Labyrinth of the Heart
Mark Slouka
‘Every marriage is forged differently; some crack at a touch, others endure beyond belief, still others are tempered by events and time.’
Fiction | The Online Edition
Then
Mark Slouka
‘It was in January, I think. That weekend, more than any other, the thought of her leaving seemed impossible.’
Essays & Memoir | The Online Edition
The Little Museum of Memory
Mark Slouka
‘Maybe they're worried that their absence will be noticed. Maybe they just want to come home.’