Soviet Union
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Tracing the Wolf
To brand myself with something I feared and sought to subdue seemed like a reclamation.
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Flesh and Blood: A Conversation with Oksana Zabuzhko
Oksana Zabuzhko discusses her story collection, YOUR AD COULD GO HERE.
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Rumpus Exclusive: “Journalists Invade Former Soviet Union”
The missionaries seemed concerned. I figured it was too late for that.
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The Rumpus Poetry Book Club Chat with Ilya Kaminsky
Ilya Kaminsky discusses his new collection, DEAF REPUBLIC.
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Closing the Loop: Sophia Shalmiyev’s Mother Winter
I am mother. I am child. I am mother. The overlapping, hard-won truth—victim either way, saved either way.
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Unspeakable Mothers: Talking with Sophia Shalmiyev
Sophia Shalmiyev discusses her debut memoir, MOTHER WINTER.
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Heartbreak and Hair Dye: Talking with Amy Feltman
Amy Feltman discusses her debut novel, WILLA & HESPER.
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Olzhas Suleimenov and the Power of Antinuclear Activism
Suleimenov the nomad, the climber of high walls of adventure.
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What to Read When You’re in Russia
Sally McGrane, author of the debut novel Moscow at Midnight, shares a reading list!
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The Night Is Itself a Novel: Talking with Lidija Dimkovska
Lidija Dimkovska discusses A Spare Life, living through the break-up of Yugoslavia, her writing style, and where she now feels most at home.
