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Xandie (Alexandra) Kuenning reviews "A Life's Music," Andreï Makine's novella exploring music and the Soviet condition

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Jakub Crcha reviews "Budete mať luft!", the latest play from the Slovak National Theatre focusing on themes of racism and violence

Jonas Baake reviews a new exhibition, which takes a decolonial perspective on Russia's racist society and often-overlooked colonial history.

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Lukas Baake reviews Yevgenia Belorusets' "War Diary", a captivating reflection on the individual and collective experience of war.

Xandie (Alexandra) Kuenning reviews "The Amorous Detective and Other Stories," a short story collection reminiscing about life in Soviet Georgia

Emma Collet explains the wide-ranging effects of Bishkek's unresolved waste problem and how activists and artists respond to it.

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Katherine Leung reviews the poetry of Mikhail Aizenberg, translated by J. Kates in the collection "Say Thank You"