I’m a writer and historian living in Chicago, originally from Maryland.
I’m the editor of Going Around: Selected Journalism by Murray Kempton (Seven Stories Press), and my writing about photography, literature, music, history, and other subjects has appeared in publications including The Baffler, Boston Review, The Nation, Rolling Stone, The Times Literary Supplement, Places Journal, The Drift, The Paris Review Daily, The Guardian, The Progressive, The Los Angeles Review of Books, Literary Hub, Lapham's Quarterly, Eater, The Quietus, and Baltimore Beat.
As an independent researcher, historical consultant, and editor, I’ve contributed to radio programs, articles, academic monographs, and photographic exhibitions. With the filmmaker Theo Anthony, I collaborated on the award-winning, PBS-syndicated documentary RAT FILM, which The New Yorker called one of “62 Films That Shaped the Art of Documentary Filmmaking.”
You can contact me directly at arholter@gmail.com. My literary agent is Lisa Adams at The Garamond Agency.
