About

Mark Mitchell (b. 1961, Mississippi, USA) is a writer, editor, and translator, and the recipient of a John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellowship. A selection of his books is listed below. Reviews and essays have appeared in The New York Times Book Review and The Southwest Review, and he has written annotations for recordings published by Arbiter of Cultural Traditions. He is co-founder and managing editor of SUBTROPICS, the literary journal of the University of Florida in Gainesville, where he lives with his partner of thirty-one years, David Leavitt, and Ollie, their Kerry Blue terrier.

Other Works

  • In Maremma: Life and a House in Southern Tuscany (revised and expanded edition) – Written with David Leavitt

    2011
  • The New Penguin Book of Gay Short Stories – Edited with David Leavitt

    2003
  • Virtuosi: A Defense and a (Sometimes Erotic) Celebration of Great Pianists

    2000
  • The Penguin Book of International Gay Writing

    1995

Awards and Recognition

  • John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellowship