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).
Thursday, April 28, 2016
Wright Library reading Thursday, May 5
Please join me at Wright Library in Oakwood, Ohio on Thursday, May 5 at 7 p.m., where I'll be reading from my new comic crime novel, Auggie's Revenge and the Classroom Edition of Fight for Your Long Day.
Wednesday, April 27, 2016
interview at The Next Best Book Club
Over at Lori Hettler's The Next Best Book Club, I responded to questions from the talented percussionist Lavinia Ludlow.
An excerpt:
L^2: In your own words, what is the major dramatic question summed up in a single sentence?
An excerpt:
L^2: In your own words, what is the major dramatic question summed up in a single sentence?
AK: A death-fearing adjunct philosopher struggles to break free from his academic chains as he falls into friendship with men on the margins who lead him to murder.
Tuesday, April 26, 2016
Saturday, April 16, 2016
portrait of the artist as a relatively young man who looked old during the winter when the portrait was drawn
| There's a scene in Auggie's Revenge where a street artist gets five dollars a head to draw Michael and Auggie, but neither portrait looks like this. |
Thursday, April 14, 2016
Monday, April 11, 2016
Tuesday, April 5, 2016
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