Mark Athitakis
@mathitak.bsky.social
Writer, mostly about books.
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“What was after the universe?
Nothing. But was there anything round the universe to show where it stopped before the nothing place began?”
James Joyce, "A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man," published on this day in 1916
Nothing. But was there anything round the universe to show where it stopped before the nothing place began?”
James Joyce, "A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man," published on this day in 1916
December 29, 2025 at 1:34 PM
“What was after the universe?
Nothing. But was there anything round the universe to show where it stopped before the nothing place began?”
James Joyce, "A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man," published on this day in 1916
Nothing. But was there anything round the universe to show where it stopped before the nothing place began?”
James Joyce, "A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man," published on this day in 1916
Holding out for the McCabe and Mrs. Miller game for Xbox.
December 29, 2025 at 2:22 AM
Holding out for the McCabe and Mrs. Miller game for Xbox.
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There's an entire city beyond these balconies. The fog ate it. (And now, rumblings of thunder.)
December 28, 2025 at 4:35 PM
There's an entire city beyond these balconies. The fog ate it. (And now, rumblings of thunder.)
post a perfect album from the 90s that isn't nirvana, pearl jam, soundgarden, or Alice In Chains.
My forever answer to this question.
My forever answer to this question.
December 28, 2025 at 3:15 PM
post a perfect album from the 90s that isn't nirvana, pearl jam, soundgarden, or Alice In Chains.
My forever answer to this question.
My forever answer to this question.
Either I'm robbing banks or making a movie. (It's a book about "Bonnie and Clyde.") Both seem like dodgy propositions.
Oy — The Prime Minister by Anthony Trollope.
Although I wonder whether I could fuck it up worse than Starmer or any of the previous bananaheads.
Although I wonder whether I could fuck it up worse than Starmer or any of the previous bananaheads.
December 28, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Either I'm robbing banks or making a movie. (It's a book about "Bonnie and Clyde.") Both seem like dodgy propositions.
"Clearopathra" is inspired.
Winners of the 2025 “Name A Snowplow” Contest for Boston, including Darth Blader and Sleet Caroline www.mass.gov/news/ma...
December 27, 2025 at 10:03 PM
"Clearopathra" is inspired.
A slept-on PSH feature. Made Ebert's top-ten for the year.
December 27, 2025 at 1:37 PM
A slept-on PSH feature. Made Ebert's top-ten for the year.
“He has very important hair!” -- Gore Vidal on Leon Wieseltier
What's an insult you'll never forget?
December 26, 2025 at 2:27 PM
“He has very important hair!” -- Gore Vidal on Leon Wieseltier
!!
Picked this up at the library because:
a) real people in a work of fiction !
b) alternate history !
c) the bizarre/ridiculous cover:
a) real people in a work of fiction !
b) alternate history !
c) the bizarre/ridiculous cover:
December 25, 2025 at 9:23 PM
!!
I don't ask for "regular" books for Christmas, so this is this year's haul. (I may have become a teeeeeeensy bit obsessed with Liz Thorpe's videos this year.)
December 25, 2025 at 8:31 PM
I don't ask for "regular" books for Christmas, so this is this year's haul. (I may have become a teeeeeeensy bit obsessed with Liz Thorpe's videos this year.)
This is the translation of every tattoo a dude gets in a language he doesn't know.
you know, these days, many people time of year. but this season, try when to everything a special time — it just might become which with you
December 25, 2025 at 8:24 PM
This is the translation of every tattoo a dude gets in a language he doesn't know.
We gave our next-door neighbors a box of Fannie May candies; they gave us an extension cord and a dozen AA batteries. Fair trade.
December 25, 2025 at 7:06 PM
We gave our next-door neighbors a box of Fannie May candies; they gave us an extension cord and a dozen AA batteries. Fair trade.
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An unnoticed SISSY SPACEK - 76 Candles🎂 today - in front of a cinema showing CARRIE in 1976.
December 25, 2025 at 12:37 PM
An unnoticed SISSY SPACEK - 76 Candles🎂 today - in front of a cinema showing CARRIE in 1976.
We're living in a season of hope, especially for the publicists shooting off "States With the Most ACL Tears Per Capita, Ranked" emails on Christmas Eve.
December 24, 2025 at 5:29 PM
We're living in a season of hope, especially for the publicists shooting off "States With the Most ACL Tears Per Capita, Ranked" emails on Christmas Eve.
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The Roches performing Handel's Hallelujah Chorus on SNL, 1979. Stellar. www.facebook.com/share/v/1A17...
Redirecting...
www.facebook.com
December 24, 2025 at 1:06 PM
The Roches performing Handel's Hallelujah Chorus on SNL, 1979. Stellar. www.facebook.com/share/v/1A17...
Stormed the Capitol on J6, pushed a bill to remove fluoride from drinking water---whose derangement would we be studying, exactly?
What, your heart isn't bursting with love for the commander in chief? Are you feeling OK?
Arizona lawmaker wants state to study ‘Trump Derangement Syndrome’
What, your heart isn't bursting with love for the commander in chief? Are you feeling OK?
www.phoenixnewtimes.com
December 23, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Stormed the Capitol on J6, pushed a bill to remove fluoride from drinking water---whose derangement would we be studying, exactly?
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Today’s the day! Find your copy wherever books are sold!*
* preferably an independent bookstore somewhere between Cleveland and western Nebraska
www.press.uillinois.edu/books/?id=p0...
* preferably an independent bookstore somewhere between Cleveland and western Nebraska
www.press.uillinois.edu/books/?id=p0...
Lingering Inland
www.press.uillinois.edu
December 23, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Today’s the day! Find your copy wherever books are sold!*
* preferably an independent bookstore somewhere between Cleveland and western Nebraska
www.press.uillinois.edu/books/?id=p0...
* preferably an independent bookstore somewhere between Cleveland and western Nebraska
www.press.uillinois.edu/books/?id=p0...
@mdbell79.bsky.social Really liked your piece on sci-fi metaphors in the new P&W. As useful for the reading recommendations as the writing tips.
December 23, 2025 at 4:02 PM
@mdbell79.bsky.social Really liked your piece on sci-fi metaphors in the new P&W. As useful for the reading recommendations as the writing tips.
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Phyllis Schlafly snuck up on me and said hi
I think we need a mega thread of everyone's craziest archive stories.
December 23, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Phyllis Schlafly snuck up on me and said hi
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via The New Yorker, Ellis Rosen cartoon
December 23, 2025 at 5:31 AM
via The New Yorker, Ellis Rosen cartoon
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I have viewed
the reporting
on the overseas
torture camps
which you
we're trying to bury
for obvious
political reasons
forgive me
the facts were so damning
and now you're so complicit
the reporting
on the overseas
torture camps
which you
we're trying to bury
for obvious
political reasons
forgive me
the facts were so damning
and now you're so complicit
December 23, 2025 at 1:11 AM
I have viewed
the reporting
on the overseas
torture camps
which you
we're trying to bury
for obvious
political reasons
forgive me
the facts were so damning
and now you're so complicit
the reporting
on the overseas
torture camps
which you
we're trying to bury
for obvious
political reasons
forgive me
the facts were so damning
and now you're so complicit
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Kerri Abatti was killed in her Arizona home after leaving her 31-year marriage to an influential farmer. She sought refuge in the mountain town where her ancestors settled in the 1880s. "She came back because this was the center of her universe." @susrust.bsky.social www.latimes.com/california/s...
Slain wife of Imperial Valley farmer was adored in her hometown; a violinist, friend and beauty queen
Kerri Abatti was killed on Nov. 20 by gunshot. While the case is still under investigation, the people in Pinetop — her family's home — are reeling. She was the sixth generation of Mormon settlers. An...
www.latimes.com
December 22, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Kerri Abatti was killed in her Arizona home after leaving her 31-year marriage to an influential farmer. She sought refuge in the mountain town where her ancestors settled in the 1880s. "She came back because this was the center of her universe." @susrust.bsky.social www.latimes.com/california/s...
The dog is resting his head on my lap and will be very upset if I move, even a little. So, here through Christmas I guess.
December 22, 2025 at 2:32 PM
The dog is resting his head on my lap and will be very upset if I move, even a little. So, here through Christmas I guess.
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