Mikhail Iossel
@mikhail-iossel.bsky.social
I am a writer and university professor of English/Creative Writing, founding director of Summer Literary Seminars (Russia, Kenya, Lithuania, Georgia, Canada), originally from St. Petersburg, Russia, and currently living in Montreal.
Not to toot my own horn (while, of course, still partially tooting it), but it's not an everyday occurrence that a great American essayist and literary critic - Sven Birkerts, in Tupelo Quarterly - likens your writing to the work of two Nobel Prize winners at once in one sentence... or Sentence.
October 9, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Not to toot my own horn (while, of course, still partially tooting it), but it's not an everyday occurrence that a great American essayist and literary critic - Sven Birkerts, in Tupelo Quarterly - likens your writing to the work of two Nobel Prize winners at once in one sentence... or Sentence.
The dedications page of my upcoming book, SENTENCE
December 12, 2024 at 10:00 AM
The dedications page of my upcoming book, SENTENCE
early-morning window view, Nairobi
December 5, 2024 at 6:06 AM
early-morning window view, Nairobi
Piet Mondrian. Windmill in the Evening. 1906
November 18, 2024 at 10:14 PM
Piet Mondrian. Windmill in the Evening. 1906
Claude Monet. Corner of the Apartment. 1875
November 18, 2024 at 10:14 PM
Claude Monet. Corner of the Apartment. 1875
René Magritte. The Telescope. 1963
November 18, 2024 at 9:41 PM
René Magritte. The Telescope. 1963
James Baldwin, for LIFE Magazine, 1963
November 15, 2024 at 3:58 PM
James Baldwin, for LIFE Magazine, 1963
Jose Escofet. Basket of Lemons. 1992
November 14, 2024 at 12:09 PM
Jose Escofet. Basket of Lemons. 1992
Coming into the world next Spring/Summer.
November 13, 2024 at 4:32 AM
Coming into the world next Spring/Summer.