An ancient Roman temple terraforming Mars.
An android longing for his human wife.
Will their epic clash bring Earth to its knees?
This is the story behind my debut novel, a legal thriller shaped by my immigrant experience, a heartbreaking moment with my daughter, and the painful ways my adoptive country has changed around us.
As a writer, I’m supposed to love writing, but there are parts of the process I really dislike. Proofreading, for instance. But that’s just a surface-level frustration. What truly unsettles me as a writer…
The first time I was asked that question, I was so baffled by it that I didn’t do a good job explaining myself. I think I might have even apologized for wanting to publish my work.
It was one evening in 2001. I was new to the US when I met another Romanian at a supermarket. His alias is Radu Codrescu. Radu had been imprisoned in Romania for trying to flee our native country during communism.
The US presidential elections are just a few days away, which makes me think of this story from my childhood in 1980s’ Romania when I joined a little cult…
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