The Less United States of Kudera: Dutch Kills Press

"About Your Status," Monkeybicycle, June 2019 "Free Car," Heavy Feather Review, September 2018 "My Father's Great Recession," Heavy Feather Review, March 2018

"Frade Killed Ellen," Dutch Kills Press, July 2015

"Turquoise Truck," Mendicant Bookworks, September 2015

"The Betrayal of Times of Peace and Prosperity," Gone Dog Press, February 2011

POETRY

"Conversation Slam," Deadbeat Anti Lit Magazine: Volume 1, July 5, 2026

NOVEL EXCERPTS

Spark Park

"Uncle Sam's Decline": An Excerpt from Spark Park, The Airgonaut, September 2022

"Persecuting the Poet": An Excerpt from Spark Park, Malarkey Books, June 2021

"Night Shift": An Excerpt from Spark Park, Revolution John, April 2021

Auggie's Revenge

from Part I, Chapter 3: "Be Patient, Rover" at American, British and Canadian Studies

Part I, Chapters 1-3: Auggie's Revenge Sample at Beating Windward Press

Fight for Your Long Day

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Tuesday, December 15, 2020

2020: Good Writing from a Bad Year

Gordon Haber's Dutch Kills Press releases 2020: Good Writing from a Bad Year!

*Scroll to the bottom of the press homepage for the list of contributors.

Thursday, January 12, 2017

Frade Killed Ellen on sale

At Amazon, Frade Killed Ellen from Dutch Kills Press is on sale for 99 cents.

Tuesday, October 20, 2015

a review of frade killed ellen

The Next Best Book Club has posted Lavinia Ludlow's review of Frade Killed Ellen.

Review contributor @LaviniaLudlow whips up a 4 star review for @kudera's FRADE KILLED ELLEN. Check it https://t.co/eQjmjPClos
— TNBBC (@TNBBC) October 20, 2015

Saturday, July 18, 2015

Frade Killed Ellen is available here and here.

It'll only set you back $2.99 and includes death, sex, innuendo, anxiety, mentoring, false starts, doubt, dope, the unexpected and more!

Yes, all of that in a mere 41 pages of e-text (about 35 manuscript pages on 8 1/2 x 11" paper).

I'm very grateful for any purchases, and please do get in touch if you'd like a review copy.

Thursday, July 16, 2015

The Rings of One-Star Reviewers

On a long plane ride from Shanghai to Chicago, I was mesmerized by an excerpt from The Rings of Saturn. It was an amazingly interesting read which included sustained narrative on Chinese empire and British aggression in the 19th century as well as a vivid portrait of the poet Algernon Charles Swinburne.

This evening, I surfed online to learn more about W. G. Sebald's book, and I see that the most recent Amazon review was posted almost exactly as I was enjoying the excerpt; alas, it's the classic one-star special: "A pretensious pile of rubbish. Paragraphs that stretches over pages... silly photos that will slow down the download... I prefer some dialogue in novels. If I really want to hear a long train of consciousness I would listen to my own."

No doubt, James Patterson is writing a sequel to Dante's Inferno, where one-star reviewers share an added circle in hell.

In other news, I'm happy to report that "Frade Killed Ellen" is now available thanks to Dutch Kills Press. I'm very grateful if you're able to support the writer and publisher by purchasing this 35-page e-single. Thank you. Follow this link for a teaser.

Monday, June 15, 2015

"Frade Killed Ellen" for Dutch Kills Press

In June, I've been busy with final edits for an 11,000 word story, "Frade Killed Ellen." It will be released as an e-single by Dutch Kills Press, publisher of New York City's finest quality artisinal e-books.

DKP's recent releases include "Nokumentary" by Richard Schofield and "Around and About Leslie" by Joshua Furst. Contact publishers Brooke Berman and Gordon Haber for more information.

Wednesday, July 28, 2021

Short Stories, Novel Excerpts, and Poetry by Alex Kudera