Arthur Gee was born in Moldova and raised in a house where Russian literature and the early Soviet dissident movement shared the dinner table. He settled in Brooklyn in the 1980s and spent nearly forty years writing code instead of stories . . . until the quiet isolation of Covid reignited an old creative itch.
Now the author of two published poetry collections (with a third on the way) and a novel accepted for publication, Arthur is back at the page in earnest. In this conversation he talks candidly about the lessons of rejection and resilience, and what it means to keep going when the work still feels unfinished.
His answers are honest, practical, and full of hard-won perspective, especially for anyone who has ever wondered whether it’s too late, or whether the years away from the page were somehow wasted.
Read the feature below and let him know which point resonated with you.