"Joseph A. Schumpter, in Capitalism, Socialism, and Democracy, is aware of a prevailing hostility to capitalism in capitalist countries. To condemn it and to declare one's aversion to it has become 'almost a requirement of the etiquette of discussion,' he says. Those who know totalitarian societies are wondering when, if ever, Western liberalism will recognize its danger. This is what Solzhenitsyn sees as the spiritual crisis of the West. He say, 'You have a feeling that the democracies can survive, but you aren't certain. The democracies are islands lost in the immense river of history. The water never stops rising.'"
~~ from Saul Bellow's To Jerusalem and Back
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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