Mark Budman is a refugee. His books include “My Life at First Try,” (Counterpoint Press, 2008), “An Accidental American Odyssey” (Livingston Press, 2021), “The Most Excellent Immigrant” (Livingston Press, 2022), “Short, Vigorous Roots” (with Sue O’Neill, Ooligan Press, 2022). Mark’s short fiction has been featured in “Abyss & Apex,” “Virginia Quarterly” and “The Mississippi Review.” “Short, Vigorous Roots” was the 2022 Foreword Indies winner. “Kirkus Review” awarded “The Most Excellent Immigrant” a starred review and named it one of the best books of 2023.
Eckleburg: What captures your interest most in your work, now, as a reader of your work?
Mark Budman:
Not sure I understand this question. What interests me as a reader in my writing? If so, magic realism and satire.
Eckleburg: What are you working on now?
Mark Budman:
I have several WIPs. “Instead of Death,” a social science fiction novel. “My Friend is an Earthling,” a middle grade fantasy, and “Mirage,” a fantasy/satire.
I also have a dark comedy novel “Lives and Deaths of Vladimir Lenin” coming out in July 1 form Nat 1 Press.
Eckleburg: Who and what are your artistic influences?
Mark Budman:
The Master and Margarita, a novel by Mikhail Bulgakov.
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