"Raya has very definite ideas about poets: she's married to one, after all, and it was her devotion to him that landed her in the camps. To her, poets are like small children who are incapable of looking after themselves. She is convinced that if food is not placed before them, they will forget to eat, or that if they are not forced to go to bed at a reasonable hour, they will sit up all night communing with their Muse. . . She was like a nursemaid to me in the years we spent together in the camp. Also, she liked my poetry, and we would spend hours reciting to each other; she would read her husband's poems, and I would read mine. . ."
~~ from Grey is the Color of Hope by Irina Ratushinskaya
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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