Poems of oppression and liberation: “I Set It Free: An Anthology of Georgian Women’s Contemporary Poetry”August 22, 2023Xandie (Alexandra) Kuenning reviews the 2019 anthology "I Set It Free," a collection emphasising contemporary poetry by Georgian women
An Armenian-Russian split? Armenia’s new foreign policy and reorientation abroadAugust 4, 2023Joseph Elgar shows how the recent shift in Armenia's foreign policy leads away from Russia towards new potential partners and allignments.
A meandering look at love, culture-shock, and anecdotal history: “American Fairy Tales” by Dato TurashviliJuly 26, 2023Xandie (Alexandra) Kuenning reviews "American Fairy Tales," a semi-fictional account of Dato Turashvili's experiences in the United States
Nagorno-Karabakh in the shadow of ‘integration’: How a blockade has become a site of everyday resistanceJuly 21, 2023Laura Avetisyan shows how the Karakbakh Armenians increasingly see the toleration of the Lachin corridor's blockade as an act of resistance.
Not ‘just’ a duck documentary: Reviewing Saxon Bosworth’s “Mr. Velvet Scoter”June 26, 2023Emma Smeyers reviews Saxon Bosworth's latest wildlife documentary "Mr. Velvet Scoter," a sensitive dialogue on conservation in Georgia
A meditation on death during Georgia’s violent 1990s: “The Pass of the Persecuted” by Guram OdishariaJune 23, 2023Xandie (Alexandra) Kuenning reviews "The Pass of the Persecuted," Guram Odisharia's personal account of crossing the Sakeni-Chuberi mountain pass during the 1992–93 Georgian-Abkhazian conflict
Veteran vignettes: Reviewing Chahbazian’s documentary “Notre Village”June 13, 2023Thijs Korsten reviews "Notre Village," a film about the everyday lives of veterans and the impact of the Second Karabakh War in Mets Taghlar
Resisting and re-existing: “What does it mean to be post-Soviet?: Decolonial Art from the Ruins of the Soviet Empire” by Madina TlostanovaJune 9, 2023Xandie (Alexandra) Kuenning reviews Madina Tlostanova's seminal work examing how decolonial art can build a new future within post-Soviet states
A deceivingly lighthearted Armenian comedy about the Soviet state and its great nemesis, the shepherds: “We And Our Mountains” at the goEast Festival of Central and Eastern European FilmJune 5, 2023Gabrielė Liepa reviews "We and Our Mountains," the famed 1969 Armenian comedy drama and literary satire by Hrant Matevosyan
Why go to war when you don’t have to?: “See You In Chechnya” at the goEast Festival of Central and Eastern European FilmJune 5, 2023Thijs Korsten reviews "See You In Chechnya," a documentary questioning war and the journalists who cover it
