There were thunderstorms, tornadoes, and flood warnings on the night I finished Roberto Arlt's The Seven Madmen and The Flamethrowers—a novel of the year 1929; even as I had completed this one long journey, I considered what I might read next.
Alex Kudera’s award-winning novel, Fight for Your Long Day (Atticus Books), was drafted in a walk-in closet during a summer in Seoul, South Korea. Auggie’s Revenge (Beating Windward Press) is his second novel. His numerous short stories include “Frade Killed Ellen” (Dutch Kills Press), “Bombing from Above” (Heavy Feather Review), and “A Thanksgiving” (Eclectica Magazine).
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the hour of your end is nearing
"'Listen to what Ezekial says: "Destruction will come, and they will seek peace and there will be none." And this other: "The time is coming, the day approaching, let not the buyer rejoice or the seller mourn, because his wrath is upon all multitudes." That is also from the prophet Ezekial. You can muck about all you want, but the hour of your end is nearing; I'm telling you this from the heart."
~~ from The Seven Madmen and The Flamethrowers by Roberto Arlt
Sunday, March 30, 2025
Thursday, March 27, 2025
March 10, 2025 print issue
The New Yorker's March 10 print issue includes three engrossing articles: Nathan Heller's "As Harvard Goes: The struggle for the soul of the university"; Michael Luo's "Tragedy at Rock Springs: Unearthing a gruesome episode of racial terror"; and Nick Paumgarten's "Dreams and Nightmares: A fan's notes on Super Bowl week." I'm on the Jennifer Wilson piece from the March 17 print issue now.
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Book Reviews for Fight for Your Long Day
Genealogies of Modernity " Fight for Your Long Loud Laughs " by Jeffrey Wald at Genealogies of Modernity (January 2022) The Chron...
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Iain Levison's Dog Eats Dog was published in October, 2008 by Bitter Lemon Press and his even newer novel How to Rob an Armored Car ...
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Book Reviews: "The Teaching Life as a House of Troubles," by Don Riggs, American, British and Canadian Studies , June 1, 2017 ...
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In theory, a book isn't alive unless it's snuggled comfortably in the reading bin in the bathroom at Oprah's or any sitting Pres...
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Michael James Rizza on Cartilage and Skin : I started Cartilage and Skin in 1998. When I went to South Carolina in 2004, I had a complete...
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Beating Windward Press to Publish Alex Kudera’s Tragicomic Novel Illustrating Precarious Times for College Adjuncts and Contract-Wage Ame...