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Peter Wortsman

Bio

A writer in multiple modes, including fiction (A Modern Way To Die), drama (The Tattooed Man Tells All and Burning Words) and translation (most recently, Selected Prose of Heinrich von Kleist), Peter Wortsman is the recipient of the Beard's Fund Short Story Award and The Geertje Potash-Suhr Prize of the Society for Contemporary American Literature in German, and was a Holtzbrinck Fellow at the American Academy in Berlin in 2010. Also a widely published travel writer, his texts have appeared in The Best Travel Writing 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2011. His forthcoming books include a travelogue/memoir, Ghost Dance in Berlin (Travelers' Tales, 2013); and Tales of the German Imagination, from The Brothers Grimm to Ingeborg Bachmann, an anthology, (Penguin Classics, 2013).

Website

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Stories

After the Storm

From All Over about After the storm, Apartment Life, Crime and Punishment, On the Subway, Sweet and Sour, Transportation
Published on: 12/28/2012

A Forgotten Game

From Jackson Heights about childhood, Education, In Search of Lost Time, Old New York, Sports & Recreation, Sports and Recreation, Sweet and Sour
Published on: 03/27/2012

A Requiem for Secondhand Books

From Greenwich Village &West Village about Art and Performance, Bookstores, Redeeming the Inanimate
Published on: 07/01/2011

Wurst Lust

From Featured &Jackson Heights &Uncategorized about Bloch and Falks, In Search of Lost Time, kosher, Old New York, pork, Refugee, Restaurants and Bars, sausage, Schaller and Weber, wurst
Published on: 04/11/2011

Have I Heard of You?

From Chelsea about post office, writers, writing
Published on: 02/28/2011

Beat It!

From Queens about Art and Performance, On the Subway
Published on: 01/30/2011

Where Is Singer?

From Murray Hill about Disguises
Published on: 12/13/2008

The I of the Tiger

From Midtown about Animals, Art and Performance
Published on: 02/23/2008

Books

Recent Stories
- What’s in a Name
  by liz dolan 05/06/2013
  Sitting in the second row of the balcony at the New York City Center ballet, I, sixteen, entranced by the melodies of Swan Lake, watched a tall, muscular sun-god pirouetting and jeteing on the stage. As he soared, I gasped at the height of his jumps and his sure-footed landings. But I had not come [...]
- Playing Hide and Seek in the Bronx
  by Jackie Minghinelli 04/25/2013
  Decades ago, when my brother was about ten and I around fourteen, he began to spend an extraordinary amount of time in his room. We lived in an apartment in a sketchy neighborhood in the Bronx. There were muggings, petty and not so petty thefts, and a few cases of violent crimes. Still, we played [...]
- Dope
  by Jared Mazzaschi 04/25/2013
  *This story is written from the perspective of the author’s former roommate. The names have been changed but all events happened as stated. Andy is being a serious cocksucker and holding onto my money. He won’t give me any. He says it’s for my own good and that I’ll just go and spend it on [...]
Recent Comments
- Mop Her Up: Homeless at the Vertical Club (7)
  - mary: I remember Julieyou and your hubby were dancers. I had long Red hair basically worked the desk at all hours so...
- Playing Hide and Seek in the Bronx (2)
  - Beth Dougherty: When can I read more?
  - Dennis Kotch: Jackie: Well done. Each day you get better. Dennis Kotch
- Scaffolding (2)
  - josh gilbert: I walked past the building yesterday. Right there on Broadway and Chambers St. The NYC Building’s...
- No Privacy in the Community House Community (1)
  - Christopher: The Park Slope YMCA’s Community House may have been part of the community decades ago but it is...
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