Welcome to the website of Michael Eric Stein and Streetlight Books. Learn about and purchase my new nonfiction book FIFTY YEARS AGO TODAY: THE SIXTIES THEN AND NOW, my New York Sixties-era novel CATS’ EYES, and CONTINUOUS TRAUMA, an L.A. legal thriller. Link to my other published and produced work, including magazine articles and healthcare videos. And consider the PROFESSIONAL SERVICES I offer to authors, publishers, legal and advertising firms, healthcare companies, educational institutions, and students.
The New Book by Michael Eric Stein
Based on Michael Eric Stein’s blog “Sixties Sense,” Fifty Years Ago Today: The Sixties Then and Now is a fascinating and provocative history tour of the music, movies, events, and issues of the period, and their relevant and revelatory connections to the present day. A nonfiction companion to Stein’s Cats’ Eyes, a novel set in New York in the Sixties, Fifty Years Ago Today combines cultural commentary and vivid on-the-scenes memories with a spirited discussion on how the legacy of the era can lead to future cultural and political awakenings.
The New Novel by Michael Eric Stein
CATS’ EYES depicts New York in the ‘60s as you’ve never seen it before—in all its sunshine and shadows and tumultuous glory—as experienced by a civil liberties lawyer and his family swept up in the Music, the madness, and the battles waged in the courts, colleges and streets of the city.
Proud and happy to announce the 2nd Edition of this “edutaining” book of mini-essays, co-written with Carla Gambescia, on so many aspects of Italy (cities, regions, festivals); its culture (not to mention its food and wine and other delights); and the “inner Italian” we all share. Charmingly illustrated, LDVU is great for armchair and actual travel to “the Boot,” thanks to its Travelers’ Topic Index to help you easily locate useful and fascinating facts about where you’re going or what you want to know. LDVU was awarded the Silver Prize for “Best Travel Book of the Year” by the North American Travel Journalists Association in 2019; this greatly expanded 2nd Edition contains over one hundred pages of new essays.