Mark Budman

I am a refugee, and I write about immigration, aging, immortality, and chronic pain. They often go hand-in-hand. I write genre-bending, blending, and bonding stories. Grok once mistook me for Kafka, but it was probably distracted by X denizens' infighting. My books include “My Life at First Try,” (Counterpoint Press, 2008), “An Accidental American Odyssey” (Livingston Press, 2021), “The Most Excellent Immigrant” (Livingston Press, 2022), and “Short, Vigorous Roots” (with Sue O’Neill, Ooligan Press, 2022). My short fiction has been featured in “Abyss & Apex,” “Virginia Quarterly,” and “The Mississippi Review.”

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