"Judaism had always been for Delmore a significant emblem of his identity, and one he had made symbolic use of in his work, conjuring the artist and the Jew, both of whom occupied a unique, anomalous place in society. But by the 1950's the great excitement of the two previous decades, when the Jews of Delmore's generation had first acquired intellectual prominence, was fading before the complacencies of the Eisenhower era. The Trotskyites of the thirties were now professors, and 'notes from underground are not customarily issued from high places,' as one commentator on that period shrewdly put it."
~~ from James Atlas's Delmore Schwartz: The Life of an American Poet
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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