Michael Alenyikov's short stories have appeared in Canada's Descant, the Georgia Review, New York Stories, and the James White Review, and have been anthologized in Best Gay Stories 2008 and Tartts Four: Incisive Fiction from Emerging Writers. His essays have appeared in the Gay & Lesbian Review. He was a MacDowell Fellow in 2004-5, and was nominated for a Pushcart Prize in 2007. Raised in New York City, Alenyikov has worked as a bookstore clerk, a clinical psychologist, a cab driver, an interactive media writer, and a consultant. He lives in San Francisco.
"Ivan and Misha is the great American Russian Novel told as Chekhov
would tell it, in stories of delicacy, humanity, and insight. From
Kiev to Manhattan, Brighton Beach and Bellevue, Michael Alenyikov
lays out a series of compelling arguments for brotherhood between
brothers, between lovers, between men from an old country.
Alenyikov confronts big subjects--illness and madness, sex and love
in the age of AIDS, old and new world values, a fallen wall, the
metaphysics of survival, the march of generations." --Carolyn
Cooke, author of The Bostons and Daughters of the Revolution
Quite Forgotten in Brooklyn "A haunting collectionof love and duty.
There ismuch to admire on every page." --Marie Myung-Ok Lee, author
of Somebody's Daughter
"For the Russian immigrant twins who are the main characters of
Ivan and Misha, everyday existence consists of heartbreak, love,
and the unexpected. With exuberance and dark humor, Michael
Alenyikov depicts their life in New York. These wonderful connected
stories are full of warmth, psychological insight, and winning
originality." --Alice Mattison, author of Nothing Is
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