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Linor Goralik: "She Said, He Said"
Like, here, I had this parrot, and you know, they live a long time. Well, he died, like, he was sitting on my shoulder and all of a sudden I...
Linor Goralik: Excerpts from "Biblical Zoo"
The rabbit conveys to you that you can’t even imagine how and what he pees and poops—but soon you will.
"Everyone Reads the Text That's in Their Own Head": An Interview with Linor Goralik
I’ve really lucked out in that I really consider myself to be a private individual, I don’t feel the need to look for a relationship to the Russian literary canon,...
Reinventing the Soviet Past: Actor Pavel Derevyanko's "Positive Heroes"
In the series "Dark Side of the Moon" (2011-) and in the film "Salyut-7" (2017), historical and biographical truth take a backseat to the aesthetic and ideological needs of the...
The Baboon's War
There once was an island, and on that island grew a Coconut Grove. And in that Grove lived a Baboon — a very greedy Baboon.
The Possessed Man
Diderot, Rousseau, and all the rest-eau.
Change is coming to All The Russias
I am stepping away from most of my editorial duties for the blog