Gene Kwak

Gene Kwak has published fiction and nonfiction both in print and online in the The Los Angeles Review of Books, The Rumpus, Wigleaf, Redivider, Hobart, Electric Literature, and in the flash anthology Forward: 21st Century Flash Fiction. He teaches at the University of Nebraska Omaha. Go Home, Ricky! is his debut novel.

 

OCTOBER FICTION: EXCERPT OF "GO HOME, RICKY!" BY GENE KWAK

Gene Kwak - October 19, 2021

 

Growing up, instead of dealing with deep-seated feels, I’d work it out, like in an actual workout. I’d go so hard that sweat would pour off me and I’d pretend that every drop was my real problem wicking away from me.

Any decent shrink would point to this being at the root of my fascination with wrestling.