"This time the advance he sent Archimboldi was bigger than any previous advance, in fact so large that Martha, the secretary, before mailing the check to Cologne, brought it into Mr. Bubis's office and asked (not once but twice) whether the sum was correct, to which Mr. Bubis answered yes, it was, or it wasn't, what did it matter, a sum, he thought when he was alone again, is always approximate, there is no such thing as a correct sum, only the Nazis and teachers of elementary mathematics believed in correct sums, only sectarians, madmen, tax collectors (God rot them), numerologists who read one's fortune for next to nothing believed in correct sums. Scientists, meanwhile, knew that all numbers were only approximate. Great physicists, great mathematicians, great chemists, and publishers knew that one was always feeling one's way in the dark."
~~ from 2666 by Roberto Bolano
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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Thursday, April 30, 2020
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We're still waiting on a time, but we've added The Ivy Bookshop to the famous 2012 Goodman-Kudera book tour. So this is what we know...
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If you, or anyone you know, becomes burdened with the gift of an electronic reading device this holiday season, you're welcome to take a...
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I'm happy to announce that I'll be reading from " Frade Killed Ellen " or Auggie's Revenge at 3 p.m. as part of an ...
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My interview with Olga Gardner Galvin of ENC Press is available here: http://whenfallsthecoliseum.com/2009/06/22/interview-with-olga-gardner...
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Smashwords: http://www.short-fiction-ebooks.com/_/_/571510/turquoise-truck Apple: https://itunes.apple.com/us/book/turquoise-truck/id10...
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At the SEIU conference in Washington D.C. last November , one student group reported that they are fighting to make income-based repayment t...
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Debra Leigh Scott's "insightful article" on " How The American University was Killed in Five Easy Steps " flew aroun...
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"[B] ut the fact that [Roberto] Arlt wrote 'badly' is what made him important. Because Arlt’s style was no style at all—an abra...
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Meanwhile, over at the Author's Guild , Scott Turow reminds us of how hopeless it is for all but the chosen few of the publishing world ...
