Peter Markus

Peter Markus is the author of a novel, Bob, or Man on Boat, as well as five other books of fiction, the most recent of which is The Fish and the Not Fish, a Michigan Notable Book of 2015. His fiction has appeared widely in anthologies and journals including Chicago Review, Iowa Review, Alaska Quarterly Review, Black Warrior Review, Quarterly West, Massachusetts Review, Northwest Review, among many others. He was awarded a Kresge Arts in Detroit fellowship in 2012 and has taught for 20 years as a writer-in-residence with the InsideOut Literary Arts Project.

Books:

• The Fish and the Not Fish
• We Make Mud
• Bob, or Man on Boat
• The Singing Fish
• Good, Brother

Stories:

• Short Fiction
• Fiction

Interviews:

• Brooklyn Rail Interview
• Fiction Writers Review Interview
• Interview Magazine Interview
• Gotham Writers Workshop Interview
• Metro Times Interview
• Hobart Interview
• Cooper Street Interview
• Tarpaulin Sky Interview
• Large-Hearted Boy Interview

Works About:

• Matt Bell on Peter Markus (essay)
• Free Press/2015 Michigan Notable Book
• Blake Butler on Peter Markus (essay)
• Brooklyn Rail (review of Bob, or Man on Boat)
• Diagram (review of The Singing Fish)

Videos:

• WDET Interview with Peter Markus
• Promo trailer for The Fish and the Not Fish

Readings:

• Peter Markus Reading at Eastern Michigan University: The Moon is a Fish Eye
• Peter Markus Reading at Eastern Michigan University: Bob, or Man on Boat
• Peter Markus Reading at Eastern Michigan University: What the River Told Us to Do