Danger in the North: reviewing The New Battle for the Atlantic by Magnus Nordenman
Louis Train reviews The New Battle for the Atlantic by Magnus Nordenman.
Theatre of the Absurd: the case that united Russia’s artists against the government, and the verdict that struck them down
Louis on the Seventh Studio Case and the trial of director Kirill Serebrennikov.
In the Pandemic Season, Balconies Become Galleries in Russia
When Russia began gradually enforcing quarantines in late March, the country’s art community followed suit. Galleries transitioned to online, performance art became virtual, and recreating famous [...]
A Day in the Life of a Russian Shirt: reviewing The Hemingway Game by Evgeny Grishkovets
Louis Train reviews Evgeny Grishkovets's novel The Hemingway Game.
History, Family, Poultry: reviewing The Goose Fritz by Sergei Lebedev
Amanda Sonesson reviews Sergei Lebedev's latest novel, The Goose Fritz, a story about "how the difference between life and death can lie in the specific order of a bunch of letters."
The Post-Soviet Collages of Tamara Stoffers
My body of collages is the result of the curiosity of an outsider on the subject of the USSR, an attempt to deeply comprehend Soviet art and culture through full immersion in the topic. Through [...]
Where Do We Belong? reviewing Homes Away from Home by Sarah Wobick-Segev
In Homes Away from Home: Jewish Belonging in Twentieth-Century Paris, Berlin, and St. Petersburg (Stanford University Press), Sarah Wobick-Segev compares the experiences of the Jewish populations [...]
The Post-Soviet Whimsy of Runflexio
It’s an unfortunate fact that no Russian writer since Solzhenitsyn has penetrated the Western consciousness; no composer since Shostakovich, and no playwright since Chekhov, either. But Russian [...]
When Quarantine Kills: the impact of isolation measures on domestic violence in Russia
Just a week before the seriousness of the ongoing pandemic really hit, when it was still possible – though a bit complicated – to travel between countries, I found myself in a hotel [...]
What We Talk about When We Talk about Putin: a review
Vladimir Putin, the man, is shrouded in secret, despite the fact that Vladimir Putin, the president, maintains an extraordinarily public profile. What we know about Putin’s biography could barely [...]
