Alex Kudera's Blog, page 108
March 23, 2016
eat well and take care
Amy Long's essay, "Mom, I'm Taking Opiates Again, I'm Fine" partly resonates with me because I'm headed to Los Angeles at the end of the month and thinking about my father sobering up there in the 1980s in Marina Del Rey. He once said after an AA meeting back in West Philly, "Their stories are so depressing that I never would have stayed sober if I'd tried to quit drinking back east."
March 15, 2016
2016 spring appearances
I'll likely have new copies of Auggie's Revenge and the all new Classroom Edition of Fight for Your Long Day at all of these events. Look for updates as new appearances are booked.
March 31 to April 2: AWP in Los Angeles, Beating Windward Table 1664 at the Book Fair
(I'll be at the table from about Thursday, 3 p.m., through Saturday, 5 p.m., to
sign discounted copies.)
Friday April 8: 4Cs in Houston, Texas (I'll be roaming around and will have copies on hand.)
Thursday May 5, 7 p.m.: Reading and signing at Wright Library in Oakwood, Ohio
(with signed copies available)
March 31 to April 2: AWP in Los Angeles, Beating Windward Table 1664 at the Book Fair
(I'll be at the table from about Thursday, 3 p.m., through Saturday, 5 p.m., to
sign discounted copies.)
Friday April 8: 4Cs in Houston, Texas (I'll be roaming around and will have copies on hand.)
Thursday May 5, 7 p.m.: Reading and signing at Wright Library in Oakwood, Ohio
(with signed copies available)
March 13, 2016
working cover for classroom edition
We have a working cover for the Classroom Edition of Fight for Your Long Day!
coming soon from Hard Ball Press
coming soon from Hard Ball PressMarch 4, 2016
Wright Library reading schedule
Readings will be held throughout the afternoon on Saturday, March 5, with participating Wright Library writers and poets reading from 1 to 2 p.m., and featured writers reading from 2 to 4 p.m. Hope to see you there!
1:00-2:00 - Wright Library Poets & Writers2:00 - Peggy Barnes2:10 - Molly Campbell2:20 - Barbara Cerny2:30 - Ed Davis2:40 - Ann Hagedorn2:50 - Katrina Kittle3:00 - Alex Kudera3:10 - P. Andrew Miller,3:20 - Rebecca Morean3:30 - Sharon Short3:40 - Suzanne Kelly3:50 - David Lee Garrison
1:00-2:00 - Wright Library Poets & Writers2:00 - Peggy Barnes2:10 - Molly Campbell2:20 - Barbara Cerny2:30 - Ed Davis2:40 - Ann Hagedorn2:50 - Katrina Kittle3:00 - Alex Kudera3:10 - P. Andrew Miller,3:20 - Rebecca Morean3:30 - Sharon Short3:40 - Suzanne Kelly3:50 - David Lee Garrison
February 29, 2016
interview w/LL on inequality in SF
Lavinia Ludlow's Single Stroke Seven drops on March 1, and I had a chance to ask her questions about the writing life, unaffordable housing, and Bay Area inequality.
From JMWW:
Lavinia Ludlow’s debut novel alt.punk (Casperian Books 2011) immersed us in a world of music, ambition, sex, drugs, and life on the margins of music and the mainstream, so much so that we were left gasping for air. Now Ludlow is back with her second novel, Single Stroke Seven (Casperian Books, March 2016). Her spunky prose packs in so much raw rich detail that I burned through an advanced-review copy. Ludlow describes a San Francisco Bay shadow world of drummers and scroungers I know little about, and her punchy prose kept me engaged in the lives of characters trying to sustain their dreams and themselves under our “new normal” of extreme income inequality, contract work, and a winner-take-all music industry. Single Stroke Seven is the stuff you read in one sitting or return to as soon as work or family allows.
In the following interview, I first asked Lavinia about surviving as a writer/artist on the margins in the increasingly unaffordable San Francisco.
Alex Kudera: You encourage people to read (or re-read) your debut novel, alt.punk, before reading Single Stroke Seven . Why?
Lavinia Ludlow: Single Stroke Seven departs from alt.punk’s extreme narrative voice and...
Follow this link to read the full interview.
From JMWW:
Lavinia Ludlow’s debut novel alt.punk (Casperian Books 2011) immersed us in a world of music, ambition, sex, drugs, and life on the margins of music and the mainstream, so much so that we were left gasping for air. Now Ludlow is back with her second novel, Single Stroke Seven (Casperian Books, March 2016). Her spunky prose packs in so much raw rich detail that I burned through an advanced-review copy. Ludlow describes a San Francisco Bay shadow world of drummers and scroungers I know little about, and her punchy prose kept me engaged in the lives of characters trying to sustain their dreams and themselves under our “new normal” of extreme income inequality, contract work, and a winner-take-all music industry. Single Stroke Seven is the stuff you read in one sitting or return to as soon as work or family allows.
In the following interview, I first asked Lavinia about surviving as a writer/artist on the margins in the increasingly unaffordable San Francisco.
Alex Kudera: You encourage people to read (or re-read) your debut novel, alt.punk, before reading Single Stroke Seven . Why?
Lavinia Ludlow: Single Stroke Seven departs from alt.punk’s extreme narrative voice and...
Follow this link to read the full interview.
February 26, 2016
indie bookstores
Auggie's Revenge is visible at Indiebound where you can have a title delivered to your favorite independent bookstore.
February 24, 2016
Wright Library, Saturday, March 5
I'm happy to announce that I'll be reading from Auggie's Revenge at 3 p.m. as part of an author fair at Wright Library in Oakwood, Ohio (Dayton metro area) on Saturday afternoon, March 5.
Featured authors: Peggy Barnes, Molly Campbell, Barbara Cerny, Ed Davis, Ann Hagedorn, Katrina Kittle, Alex Kudera, P. Andrew Miller, Rebecca Morean, Sharon Short.
Wright Library Poets: Matt Birdsall, Cecile Cary, Grace Curtis, Betsy Hughes, Fred Kirchner
Wright Library Writers: Harold Coffman, Donald Peacock, and James Tajiri
The Event will be held from 2 to 4 p.m. in Wright Library's front reading rooms.
Featured authors: Peggy Barnes, Molly Campbell, Barbara Cerny, Ed Davis, Ann Hagedorn, Katrina Kittle, Alex Kudera, P. Andrew Miller, Rebecca Morean, Sharon Short.
Wright Library Poets: Matt Birdsall, Cecile Cary, Grace Curtis, Betsy Hughes, Fred Kirchner
Wright Library Writers: Harold Coffman, Donald Peacock, and James Tajiri
The Event will be held from 2 to 4 p.m. in Wright Library's front reading rooms.
February 22, 2016
February 9, 2016
ARC of Auggie's Revenge
Beating Windward Press is looking to send reviewers electronic advanced-review copies of my second adjunct novel, Auggie's Revenge. Please contact Matt Peters or me if you'd like a copy.The book will launch from L.A. AWP in late March where I'll be signing copies at the Beating Windward table (#1664) of the book fair. (A paperback review copy might be possible.) Thanks so much for considering, and I hope we all survive the semester, the primaries, and beyond. . .
January 30, 2016
Kafkas in Spanish
The Spanish translation of
Over Fifty Billion Kafkas Served
will go to press soon and features an English-to-Spanish rendition of the title story from Dr. Raquel Anido of Clemson University. Many thanks as usual to Dr. Daniel Dragomirescu of Romania.
