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, July 14, 2021
Nitzsche from Philadelphia
"Though George E. Nitzsche of Philadelphia did not express Bachmuller's sense of debased surroundings, his letter [to Nietzsche's sister] similarly shows a self longing for exaltation and connection. It was quite literally, Nietzsche to whom he sought to cleave himself: 'My name, as you will see from the above letterhead, is one of the few Nitzsches in America--probably the only one. Unfortunately, my grandparents, in a legal document, left out the "e," and the error was perpetuated. However, I am proud of the name, and that probably my ancestors came from the same stock as you and your illustrious brother.' In an effort to sketch out the possible trunk of their mutual family tree, Nitzsche went on to tell the woman he hoped was a not-so-distant cousin about the Moravian and Bohemian roots of their people, and how his branch of the Ni[e]tzsche family immigrated to Pennsylvania in 1739."
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