Alex Kudera's Blog, page 11

Greenville County Museum of Art

The Greenville County Museum of Art is particularly strong in Andrew Wyeth and Jasper Johns.
 

Puzzle

 

David Lodge

David Lodge passed at 89 here, here, and here, but remains among the living here.

Corona \ Samizdat

Rick Harsch will send you a brick of books in the mail.
 

Like This Podcast or Die with Christian Lorentzen

Listen for the bed bugs, stay for the literature.

The Manifold Destiny of Eddie Vegas by Rick Harsch

Long live the literary scene in all its contexts and plots.

And happy 2025.

a warm hug

"The neverending struggle that is life in New York City gives us a warm hug.

"'Hey Sistah, get the lead out, willya!'

"'I am not your sister and I carry no lead.'"

~~ from The Three Escapes of Hannah Arendt by Ken Krimstein

The New World 1941

"Some New World! Martha and Blucher and I land in a fourth-floor walkup in a two-room flat in a West 95th Street rooming house. Down on the streets every variety of German, Yiddish, Slavic, and Greek fills the sooty air."

~~ from The Three Escapes of Hannah Arendt by Ken Krimstein

She would not answer my question.

"Yumi didn't respond to my letter. Months passed and I spiraled into despair. Finally, I received a typewritten letter. Her anger radiated from the page. She was furious that I would 'besmirch' the name of her friend. She would not answer my question, and she never wanted to hear from me again.

"I was shattered."

~~ from I Would Meet You Anywhere in the World by Susan Kiyo Ito

The Three Escapes of Hannah Arendt by Ken Krimstein