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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Tuesday, October 26, 2010
the writer's finances in America
Here's a feel-good piece from the recent past on the state of literature (and the writer) in the U.S. Or, I suppose, it could be called a money column by Keith Gessen.
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