Meet
Michael Varga
Author. Playwright. Actor. Diplomat.
My journey has crossed many borders and I have tried to be a storyteller wherever I am. From growing up in Philadelphia to a stint in the Peace Corps in Africa to various assignments as a Foreign Service Officer, I have always found aspects of other cultures that fascinate me. Often, that is what I am writing about. More recently, diagnosed with cancer, I have had to focus more narrowly on my health, but I continue to write and find new ways to share my story. There are short stories and essays here that you can read for free. Or, you can order my novel, Under Chad’s Spell, from Amazon. I am working on the sequel.
Photo: Michael in Hawaii on the Haleakala Volcano summit for sunrise in 2019.
Michael's Writing
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Most Recently Published
March 25, 2025
The Wounded Gazelle Look
After you depart, I act on your request: To a mountaintop or to the Ganges. To seek a Somewhere for ashes to scatter....
March 5, 2025
Weapons We Jettison For Something Truer
War fused us. Vietnam left you leery of spider holes; Chad left me mourning a midnight escape. But poets don’t thrive in fear...
September 11, 2024
When You’re An Outlier
Often the word “outlier” is used in cancer treatment to describe a patient who beats the odds and lives longer than expected. Those...