Publisher and Editor Threaten Defamation Suit, Author Chortles (Off the Record) KENSINGTON, MD — Cyrus Duffleman, a fictitious creation and the main character of the novel, Fight for Your Long Day, has literally escaped the pages of his book and has become a suspiciously untraceable troll on Facebook, Twitter, and other Internet social networking sites, according [...]
One of a Kind: A ForeWord Interview with Alex Kudera
KENSINGTON, MD – Alex Kudera has had a good stretch. First, his Philadelphia-based novel, Fight for Your Long Day, won the regional IPPY gold award for best fiction in the Mid-Atlantic region. Then, Alex is interviewed by Isaac Sweeney as “An Award-Winning Author on Adjuncts” in The Chronicle of Higher Education (June 1, 2011). And [...]
Fight for Your IPPY Gold
Congratulations to Alex Kudera. His debut novel (and the first-ever book from Atticus Books), Fight for Your Long Day, has gone and won the regional IPPY gold award for best fiction in the Mid-Atlantic region. His publisher couldn’t be more proud and also couldn’t think of a better way to celebrate than sharing an excerpt [...]
The Exley Influence: A Riff Between Two Authors ‘Falling Inward’
In light of the recent release of Exley, a mysterious satire described by Booklist as Brock Clarke’s “latest brain-teasing raid on literary history,” the interest in Frederick Exley’s 1968 cult classic, A Fan’s Notes: A Fictional Memoir (1968), has joyfully, justifiably spiked. This “seriously playful” approach to fiction (Kirkus Reviews) is cause for celebration at [...]
Follow the Trailer: A Publisher’s Lead Balloon, Art, or a Jest-Fueled Engine for More Book Sales?
KENSINGTON, MD — If you aren’t paying attention or you’re buried somewhere under a three-and-a-half foot drift of snow, you may be missing one of the most fascinating multimedia developments in the book publishing industry. There’s nothing new under the next-generation iPad sun, of course. But for a Luddite-leaning publisher slow to adapt to the [...]
Everybody Knows This Is Life-Changing
KENSINGTON, MD — Leave it to me for waiting a good four months before reacting to this news. Sometimes, as Bob Dylan warbles, “it takes a lot to laugh, it takes a train to cry,” and it takes way too much time for startling industry news to penetrate this thick skull of mine and shatter [...]
From Hank to Alex … From Duffy to Jamie
KENSINGTON, MD — In honor of what would have been Charles Bukowski’s 90th birthday, and in recognition of our publishing house’s first set of advance review copies (ARCs)—delivered on Hank’s birthday, no less—I’m having a scotch and making a toast or three:
Interview with Alex Kudera, Part 2 of 2
KENSINGTON, MD — Alex Kudera assures us that he does not communicate with any dead scribes when he puts pen to paper, and the veteran college instructor also makes it clear that he does not desire to be associated with any stable whatsoever, even if it’s among writers he admires like Charles Bukowksi who indeed [...]
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