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Sasha Burshteyn

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Sasha Burshteyn is a poet whose work has appeared in Copper Nickel and Pigeon Pages, among others, and has been supported by National Geographic and the Watson Foundation. She is a Goldwater Fellow at NYU, where she's currently pursuing her MFA and serving as Translations Editor for Washington Square Review. Find her on Twitter: @sashabursh. Find her on Twitter: @sashabursh.
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Out-of-Body Recognition: A Conversation with JinJin Xu

  • Sasha Burshteyn
  • January 8, 2021
JinJin Xu discusses her debut chapbook, THERE IS STILL SINGING IN THE AFTERLIFE.
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Obsession and Impulse: Olga Tokarczuk’s Flights

  • Sasha Burshteyn
  • September 26, 2018
The words act as a push, like a wind at your back.
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Fidelity to Deep Emotion: Lauren Groff’s Florida

  • Sasha Burshteyn
  • August 1, 2018
The sentence is Groff’s most fertile ground.
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Struggling toward Truth: Porochista Khakpour’s Sick

  • Sasha Burshteyn
  • June 13, 2018
Khakpour gathers courage, again and again, as she reaches into the most painful parts of her life, excavates them, and holds them up to the light.
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