Writers And Their Stories

Kristen Herbert moved from Chicago to rural Hungary in 2016 to
teach English. After completing a literary translation workshop at
the Balassi Institute in Budapest, she has done work as a translator
from Hungarian to English. Her original and translated works
have appeared in Cleaver Magazine, Hungarian Literature Online,
Waxwing Magazine, and the Columbia Online Journal. She currently
lives in Budapest. Her short story 'I Need Friends' was published in the issue#5 of Panel.

Christie Goodwin, a poet, writer, art teacher and a musician, originally from
Detroit, Michigan, is an art, music,
and history teacher in Budapest. Her poetry was published in the issue #4 of Panel. Christie is a regular reader and a participant in the Panel's events and gatherings.

A writer and filmmaker, Anna Leah has lived in search of metaphor. It
wasn’t until finding a photograph of a Szecesszió staircase that her life
was elevated by a new city. Questing from Brooklyn to Budapest, she
found an incubator of affection and creativity that encouraged her to
compose a collection of poetry in ten years, In Pest And. Her poems were published in the issue#3 of Panel. Illustrated by Lauko Magdolna.

Previously from the Upper Midwest, Daniel Lamken launched his overseas
experience as a Peace Corps volunteer in Turkmenistan. Currently
Daniel Lamken lives in Roztoky, Czechia. He teaches literature at the
International School of Prague and facilitates workshops in that subject
for the International Baccalaureate Organization. He also runs the
Creative Writers’ Group at Globe Bookstore in Prague’s centrum. His poems: "When The Levee Breaks", "The Tinkerer", "Apologizing for a
Family Tree", "To the Least of These" - were published in the issue #1 of Panel (May, 2018). Illustrated by Maria Gyarmati.

Mitchell Atkinson III is a writer and musician living in Warsaw,
Poland. He was born in Flint, MI, USA. He is also a doctoral candidate
at the Graduate School for Social Research in the Polish Academy of
Sciences. He works on social theory. His story "Matador" about the puzzling passenger in the metro was published in the issue#4 of Panel. To read the issue in the full follow the link in bio. Sound design of the episode - Mitchell Atkinson. Illustration by Steve Dalachinsky.

The story about difficult choices and twisted relationships, set in Hungary and written by a famous Hungarian journalist András Lőke. The story features the issue 5 of Panel (Spring 2020). Illustrated by Bori Gyori.

Claudia Leporatti is a Budapest-based Italian writer, a regular contributor of Panel and Budapest Friday Night Stories. Her short story "Night ABC" was published in the issue #4 of Panel. It explores the intimacy between people who are cautious about getting closer.

Masha Kamenetskaya is a writer and one of the founding editors of Panel. Originally from St. Petersburg (that's why the accent :)), she's been living in Budapest for 5 years. She writes both in Russian and English, and her collection of stories was published in Duck Lake Books (USA). In this essay she explores multilingual writing, its challenges and insights. The essay was published in the issue #4 of Panel (Autumn 2019). Artwork on the cover by Maria Gyarmati based on photo by Evgeniy Shchetinkin.

The essay by Duncan Robertson, one of the founding editors of Panel and a writer himself, was published in the issue #1 of Panel (March, 2018). In this witty, masterfully written, deeply personal piece Duncan explores the phenomenon of being a long-term traveler. "The absence of friends and family
is less often experienced in stabs of
homesickness, and more commonly
experienced for what it is, an absence". Duncan Robertson was born and raised in Seattle, WA. He has
lived and worked in Portland, OR; Suwon, in South Korea, and
Prague. He now resides in Budapest, where he writes fiction, edits Panel and is actively involved in local artistic and literary scene.