Tag Archives: Michael Stein

‘Literary Theft’ in Hungarian

My short story “Literary Theft” has been published in the Hungarian magazine Kulter in a translation by Ági Bori Mottern. Other writers published in the magazine include Wisława Szymborska, Frank O’Hara, Joyce Carol Oates and Margaret Atwood. It’s my third publication in Hungary but first one in Hungarian. Read the story in Kulter here Read […]

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Literary Evening with Petr Hruška and Michael Stein

On Thursday, May 1, I will be reading and talking about Central European writing and publishing together with award-winning Czech poet Petr Hruška. The event will take place at the T. G. Masaryk Czech School in Cicero. Hruška will be reading from I Caught Sight of My Face, his latest collection translated by Joshua Mensch. […]

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White Light – Panel #7

My short story, “White Light“, published in Panel a few years ago, is now available with the rest of the magazine as a free download. All issues of Panel are available for free download as well. Download “White Light” in Panel #7 here

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Interview with Trafika Europe

I recently published a short story, “The House of Unrequited Love” in Trafika’s Gothic issue and they followed that up with an interview in which I talk about my work at Karolinum, this site, the translated fiction I publish in B O D Y and the aforementioned story. Listen to the interview here

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The House of Unrequited Love / Trafika

“…When I got off the plane and into the taxi all I had wanted to do was get to my hotel and into bed. Now all I cared about was out-imagining my adversary, just finding that one blank spot on the map. I had become that deranged explorer willing to sacrifice everything to find El […]

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Fatherlessland – The Continental

The latest issue of The Continental is out and includes my essay, “Fatherlessland”, a work about my father’s death, Prague as a city and film set, Nazis past and present, and a few other topics as well. The issue also includes an interview with Fran Lebowitz, a ghost story by film director Abel Ferrara, an […]

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The Flight of Ivan Ivanovich – Ofi Press

“Ivan lay sprawled out in the snow, his limbs twisted. That’s what you look like when you fall out of the sky. Not like an angel or even a bird, but like a man never meant to be airborne.” from my short story “The Flight of Ivan Ivanovich” in issue 72 of Mexico’s Ofi Press. […]

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Prague Microfestival XIV

The 14th Prague Microfestival takes place next weekend. Billed as a festival of ‘International Writing, Art, Film, Theory and Performance’ it will take place at Punctum, Krásova 27 in Žižkov. Among the writers and performers I will be reading on Saturday, October 15 at 6:30 pm, together with a number of other writers. You can […]

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The Underwater City – Bosphorus Review

The November 2021 issue of the Bosphorus Review of Books features my short story, “The Underwater City”. Read it here

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White Light – Panel #7

“The carriage begins to pick up speed. I want to lean forward and ask Roman if he’s okay, but when I look out again, I see, for the first time, people in the windows of a villa. They are staring expectantly up at the now pitch-black sky. The speed of the horses alarms their dogs […]

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