— Robin Armand (@SlashMars) August 29, 2017
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).
Wednesday, August 30, 2017
Thursday, August 17, 2017
on the writer's mental state
A podcast interview with Michael Wayne Hampton and a print interview with Tao Lin both include interesting things to say about each writer's process, mental state, productivity, and more. If you enjoy these interviews, be sure to purchase my books, rate or review any you have already read, stay tuned for more on my leadership pilates video collection, and look forward to my finance pamphlet on how to lose all of your money in penny stocks by the end of 2017.
Wednesday, August 9, 2017
Philadelphia Free Library has three copies of Auggie's Revenge
An old friend saw Auggie's Revenge as a staff pick at the Walnut Street West location of the Free Library of Philadelphia, and from there I searched to learn the there are three copies in the system.
*update 2/27/26: Auggie's Revenge is no longer available at the Free Library of Philadelphia, but two copies of Fight for Your Long Day remain in the system and available for lending.
Sunday, August 6, 2017
quotations
Over at Goodreads, I added a few quotations from Fight for Your Long Day, Auggie's Revenge, and Frade Killed Ellen.
Thursday, August 3, 2017
Carver as Bukowski
Dr. Don Riggs, Poet Laureate of L.U.S.K. and recent reader on a rooftop near you, alerted us to Raymond Carver's "You Don't Know What Love Is," a poem inspired by the life and work of Charles Bukowski.
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