The series "Writing Today" aims to present a sample of current writing, in verse and prose, from countries and continents all over the world. "New Writing in Czechoslovakia" contains examples of poetry and short stories, some newly translated for this collection, by more than 25 writers, who Antonin Bartusek, Miroslav Florian, Vladimir Holan, Miroslav Holub, Alexandr Kliment, Milos Macourek, Karel Michal and Jaroslav Seifert.