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Mark Haber

Mark Haber
Mark Haber was born in Washington DC and grew up in Florida. His debut novel, Reinhardt's Garden, was published by Coffee House Press and nominated for the 2020 PEN/Hemingway Award for debut novel. His second novel, Saint Sebastian's Abyss, was published in 2022 by Coffee House Press and called a "sparkling comic novel" by The New York Times, as well as being named a best book of fiction 2022 by the New York Public Library. Mark's third novel, Lesser Ruins, will be published by Coffee House Press in 2024. Mark's fiction has appeared in Guernica, the Southwest Review, LitHub, and AIR/LIGHT. Mark lives in Minneapolis.


Mark Haber on the Beauty of Digression

"I want the words to erupt, the sentences to flower and the ideas to go places I hadn’t expected."
October 11, 2024  By Mark Haber
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“We Want to Make It Feel Like a Party.” On the Transformation of Southwest Review

A Lit Mag Embraces Colorful Design and Literary Translation
November 21, 2023  By Mark Haber
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At New Directions University: Literary and Life Lessons from an Iconic Publisher

Mark Haber Traces an Indispensable Influence on His Reading
and Writing Life
March 17, 2021  By Mark Haber
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The Writer You’ve Never Heard of That Made My Book Possible

Mark Haber on the Life and Writing of Mila Menendez Krause
September 27, 2019  By Mark Haber
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César Aira Makes the Impossible Possible

Mark Haber on the Newly Translated Ema the Captive
December 6, 2016  By Mark Haber
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