Lazarus Trubman

I’m a college professor from the ancient land of Transylvania and a survivor of a labor camp in Northern Russia. Dozens of my essays and memoirs have appeared in Forge, Scarlet Leaf, Lit Mag, Wraparound South, and other venues. I'm the winner of the Adelaide Magazine 2018 Nonfiction Contest.

A Story of a Murder I Didn’t Commit

I was the only diner in this tiny restaurant on the eastside of town, and the only thing that irritated me was the mirror behind bottles. Every time I looked up, I saw myself looking like a portrait of one of my own ancestors: Lazarus Trubman, deep in thought, in a gilt frame. I had circles under my eyes and a few scars on my face; apart from that I looked all right for a man who was liberated from the labor camp in Northern Russia five months ago.

Creative Nonfiction

Issue 28, August 2019

Lazarus Trubman

I’m a college professor from the ancient land of Transylvania and a survivor of a labor camp in Northern Russia. Dozens of my essays and memoirs have appeared in Forge, Scarlet Leaf, Lit Mag, Wraparound South, and other venues. I'm the winner of the Adelaide Magazine 2018 Nonfiction Contest.

A Story of a Murder I Didn’t Commit

I was the only diner in this tiny restaurant on the eastside of town, and the only thing that irritated me was the mirror behind bottles. Every time I looked up, I saw myself looking like a portrait of one of my own ancestors: Lazarus Trubman, deep in thought, in a gilt frame. I had circles under my eyes and a few scars on my face; apart from that I looked all right for a man who was liberated from the labor camp in Northern Russia five months ago.

Creative Nonfiction

Issue 28, August 2019

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