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On a panel about memoir at the annual Association of Writers & Writing Programs (AWP) Conference this past March, Stephen Elliott loosely quoted Michelangelo: I…
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“Pat Singer Is the Mother of Brighton Beach”
My latest article is up at The Jewish Daily Forward. It's a profile of a prominent community leader in the predominantly Russian neighborhood of Brighton…
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Today is the 1 Year Anniversary of Occupy Wall Street
UPDATE: [1:46 pm]: Samhita over at Feministing says it way better than I can: "I ask not 'where is occupy?' but what will it take…
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More of my translations, in The Massachusetts Review
My translation of a personal essay by Andrei Krasnyashykh just came out in the Summer 2012 issue of The Massachusetts Review. The essay "On the Dream…
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My Translations in The Literary Review
My translations of Russian/Ukrainian prose writer Andrei Krasnyashykh's work appear in the latest issue of The Literary Review (an international journal of contemporary writing). I…
Marina Tsvetaeva on Alexander Blok
"A stone thrown into a silent lake is—the sound of your name. The light click of hooves at night —your name. Your name at my…
Alina Simone on The Cold War
From an op-ed by singer/songwriter/author Alina Simone in the Wall Street Journal: But as recent headlines make clear, we still haven’t managed to outrun some of…
My Latest Review: “Russian Dolls” Won’t Satisfy
If the guilty pleasure in watching reality TV shows is derived from the voyeuristic clips of outrageous, hair-pulling catfights and the chance to glimpse the…
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Moscow Protests: Quick Summary & Takeaways
For the last two days, Muscovites have been taking to the streets to protest the recent (and rigged) Russian parliamentary election results. They have been…
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Breaking: Moscow Pride Banned Again
The Russian Government has marked the International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia (IDAHO) by once again banning Moscow Gay Pride. Moscow's Deputy Mayor Ludmila Shvetsova cites…
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