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  <name><![CDATA[Mark Budman]]></name>
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  <about><![CDATA[Mark Budman was born and raised in the former Soviet Union in what now is the Republic of Moldova. He has been living in Vestal, NY since 1980.

He is the author of &quot;You Have Time For This&quot; (Ooligan Press)and &quot;My Life at First Try&quot; (Counterpoint Press)

A trailer for his anthology &quot;You have Time for This.&quot;

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NBfOw1BPoOQ
***
Mark Budman’s &quot;My Life at First Try,&quot; is smart and funny and compelling, and in an era when both the immigrant experience and the resurgent aggression of the once-Soviet Russia are central issues, the novel is timely, as well.  This is a splendid debut by an important new American voice.

Robert Olen Butler, a Pulitzer Prize winner, the author of &quot;Intercourse&quot; and &quot;Severance&quot;
***
A review of &quot;My Life at First Try&quot; in Publishers Weekly.

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  <title><![CDATA[You Have Time for This: Contemporary American Short-Short Stories]]></title>
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