Prague is a city full of stories of artificial human beings, from the Golem, a mud-man devised by the 16th century Rabbi Loew to protect the Jewish community, to the …
Memorial to Josef and Karel Čapek
18. 9. 2016
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Prague is a city full of stories of artificial human beings, from the Golem, a mud-man devised by the 16th century Rabbi Loew to protect the Jewish community, to the …
The completion in 1891 of the new museum at the top of Wenceslas Square was the crowning achievement of the Czech National Revival, a statement of nationhood that anticipated by …
*In order to mark the passing of the great French experimentalist, Equus Press brings a critical overview of Michel Butor’s oeuvre from 1950s to 1970s and its modernist heritage. A …
In the peaceful grounds of the ancient fort of Vyšehrad stand four monumental statues by Josef Myslbek depicting characters from early Czech mythology. One shows an allegorical couple, ‘Lumír and …
On the eastern slopes of Letná hill, overlooking the Vltava, this unusual modernist structure looks as if it has been teleported from some future time into its present location. In …
Originally published in Subtexts: Essays on Fiction (Prague: Litteraria Pragensia, 2015) 51-63. As Pound noted in his portrait of the artist as an ironic man, the demand of the twelve …
“We are living in the Left Bank of the Nineties.” When legendary International Herald Tribune correspondent and founding Prague Post editor Alan Levy wrote these words, about “living in an …
There are cities in the world that exercise a particular influence over the minds of writers, artists and historians because they seem to manifest a type of spirit, a genius …
*Originally published in Avant-Post, ed. Louis Armand (Prague: Litteraria Pragensia Books, 2006) 85-113. It is a critical commonplace to observe that, following the procession of one ascendant modernist art movement …
Hot off the press (& to be launched at this year’s Prague Microfestival), in 8 octaves, 64 chapters and on 888 pages, Louis Armand’s The Combinations is a “work of …
Coming this May in 8 octaves, 64 chapters and on 888 pages, Louis Armand’s The Combinationsis a “work of attempted fiction” that combines the beauty & intellectual exertion that is …
(Part one is here.) Coming this May in 8 octaves, 64 chapters and on 888 pages, Louis Armand’s The Combinations is a “work of attempted fiction” that combines the beauty …
Coming this May in 8 octaves, 64 chapters and on 888 pages, Louis Armand’s The Combinations is a “work of attempted fiction” that combines the beauty & intellectual exertion that …
The Prague Microfestival is an underground literary festival, bringing the best of the world’s experimental poetry and fiction to a Czech audience. From Friday 13 May to Sunday 15 May, …
In the Czech Republic, education is, for the most part, free. For many students, particularly those in the United States, the idea of attending university tuition-free is a dream. In …
It’s official. The new name for our beloved Czech Republic is….”Czechia.” This linguistic deformity has succeeded in one thing – in unifying Czechs like nothing else before. Everyone hates it. …
The three day visit (March 28-30, 2016) to Prague by Chinese President Xi Jinping was revealing in the worst manner. The visit – set up previously by current PM Bohuslav …
“A BOAT RIDE OVER THE NIAGARA” Second through Brain appeared in 1920 at the Steegemann publishing house, in the dada series called “Die Silbergäule” (“The Silverhorse,” also obliquely invoked in …
Second Through Brain is a curious book. It appears that the ambitions of its author, Melchior Vischer, aim to portray the very extent of human existence through its protagonist Jorg …