“Time is a permanent argument, the core of which is unknown. One part of its movement inclines toward affirming, the other toward repudiating.”
— Róbert Gál
RÓBERT GÁL is a Slovak writer, editor, and publisher based in Prague, the Czech Republic. Working at the intersection of genres and media, heis the author of several books of aphorisms, fiction, and philosophical fragments available in English translation, including Naked Thoughts (Black Sun Lit, 2019), Agnomia (Dalkey Archive Press, 2018), On Wing (Dalkey Archive Press, 2015), and Signs & Symptoms (Twisted Spoon Press, 2003), and has also collaborated with composers, dancers, filmmakers, and visual artists in performance and installation work across Europe and the U.S. In Fall 2019, he was a Resident in the 12-week International Residency for Established Writers at the International Writing Program, University of Iowa. He is the 2019 IWP@OICR Writer-in-Residence at the Oregon Institute for Creative Research.