He later earned an MFA in creative writing from The New School,[2] where he worked with Robert Polito, Lynne Tillman, Honor Moore, Sigrid Nunez, and Patrick McGrath.
An excerpt of Tiny Ladies appears in the anthology Pills, Thrills, Chills and Heartache: Adventures in the First Person, edited by Michelle Tea and Clint Catalyst.
The collection features work from students of Klein's open creative writing workshops in Kabul, and according to the publisher, it "gives voice to a generation clamoring to be heard under the simplifying headlines and collectivized identity that thirty years of war have brought upon the country.
[12] This focus can be seen in the 2012 video album Tammy, Cybertariat, At the Aral Sea, for which The Size Queens partnered with artists Fred Tomaselli, Scott Blake, and Michael Rackowitz and performer and author Mx.
The CD was released as part of a 65-page exhibition catalog and includes an introduction by Mary Gaitskill and guest performers Laura Albert and Guillermo Gomez-Peña.
Painter Amy Sillman selected the group's Patrick Hillman directed video "Reading Rosalind Krauss" as one of her top ten picks in Artforum in December 2009.
[15] In addition, Tony Cokes, professor of modern culture and media at Brown University, created his own sing-along video from the song for his Retro (Pop, Terror, Critique) exhibition.
[16][17] Other Size Queens collaborators have included Nicole Brodsky, former American Music Club bassist Danny Pearson, guitarist Mike Carnahan, and singer-songwriters Carlos Forster, John Murry, and Hannah Marcus.
Klein also has collaborated on media projects and literary works with artist Marco Breuer; writer Chin-Sun Lee; photographer Jeanne Friscia; and extensively with Chuck Mobley, former director of SF Camerawork, a nonprofit visual arts space in San Francisco.