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Mark Budman

Writer

Author: vrflash

Mark Budman is a first-generation immigrant. An engineer by training, he currently works as a medical interpreter. His fiction has appeared in Catapult, Witness, World Literature Today, Mississippi Review, The London Magazine (UK), McSweeney’s, Painted Bride Quarterly, and elsewhere. He is the author of the novel “My Life at First Try,” published by Counterpoint, and co-editor of immigration-themed anthologies published by Ooligan Press, Persea, and the University of Chester (UK). One of his short story collections from Livingstone Press received a starred review at Kirkus and another is currently a finalist of Forward Indies 2022 Award.

The social media

vrflash, March 22, 2018

Most of the social media is empty of nuances but full of rage.

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Ayatollah Ahasuerus

vrflash, February 28, 2018

Just in time for Purim that is coming on March 1, Ayatollah Ahasuerus of Iran…

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Print Issue 50 of Vestal Review

vrflash, December 26, 2017

Print Issue 50 of Vestal Review is ready for your perusal.

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Against blacklisting

vrflash, November 6, 2017November 6, 2017

The role of a literary magazine editor is to improve the world by publishing better…

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Deadly diseases for a writer

vrflash, August 17, 2017

Deadly diseases for a writer: Logizomechanophobia– Fear of computers. Logophobia– Fear of words. Atelophobia- Fear…

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Politics

vrflash, August 7, 2017August 7, 2017

I prefer observations over political discussions. The former are spontaneously honest but the latter are…

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The last line

vrflash, August 7, 2017August 7, 2017

Nothing lasts longer then a good last line of a novel.

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Don’t freak over a word

vrflash, July 27, 2017

Don’t freak over a word. Freak over two words in the row. About their choice…

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On a Scale From 0 to 10

vrflash, July 12, 2017July 19, 2018

This post was updated on 7/19/18.    If you read this, you are probably a…

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There are two kinds of people in the world:

vrflash, July 5, 2017

There are two kinds of people in the world: those who desire completion and those…

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