serious lit
Dmitriy Kogan's serious-lit published an early masterpiece.
The Less United States of Kudera
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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The Guicciardini Way
Alexandra Naughton's Be About It Press published "The Guicciardini Way," an excerpt from A School of the Future .
Hugh Blanton's review of Auggie's Revenge
Hugh Blanton smiles and laughs like he enjoyed the novel, and he offers insight into the book as well. There are several ways to acquire an affordable copy as an e-book or paperback.
Michael Robbins lists deceased musicians
~~ "Not Fade Away" in The Second Sex, a collection of poems by Michael Robbins
they haven't ended
"But never attend / to happy endings — because if stories are happy, / they haven't ended." ~~ from "Ric's Progress" in The Back Chamber by Donald Hal l
Rick Harsch, rare edition
Rick Harsch's signed second novel in "fine" or "as new" condition is a rare find.
Walkman
"You gotta make your own / spark, like those red lamps / on the ocean floor / that illuminate their prey / right before they attack." ~~ from "In Time of Plague" in Walkman by Michael Robbins
Later his leg died.
"[Daddy] had worked in a steel mill for over thirty years and had contracted emphysema. Emphysema and fits. And a brain tumor. He discovered he had a brain tumor during the course of a hospital stay because of the emphysema and the doctors wanted to operate. At first he refused. Nobody cuts my family, he insisted. But my sisters and my brother and I fussed and fussed until he finally agreed to it.…
conversations with my mother and arguments with my father
"My father had been living with cancer for a while. He'd been in palliative care since August. In my mind, it was the worry of looking after him that saw off my ma. When she passed, her homecooked meals went with her. There was a stack of them in the chest freezer, labelled with cooking instructions. I remember serving my dad the last one, a lasagne, telling him 'a'ght, enjoy it because this is…
Greetings from Rick in Slovenia
Rick Harsch's Rick & Jack in Croatia is one of five Corona\Samizdat titles I've read. The others were by Gary Amdahl, Roberto Arlt, W.C. Clarke, and João Reis.