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, November 11, 2026
understand resignation
"But we're okay. Because working here, this long, you begin to understand resignation. Like, really dig in and get comfortable in resignation. Able to feel the space around the word. In depths or whatever. Long term. Day to day. Entwined through your character. But there is another side to resignation. Through, out the other side. And that's apathy. The simplification of the fucks you offer the world. The ability to care, just enough. Enough to smile at the right times, to shower every few days, to not get fired. But not enough to let it bother you. What there is, is the acceptance of self. That you have chosen, again and again. And that it could be worse."
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