wrote 1 day ago: Chapter one starts with the reader being dropped right into the middle of the story. The chapter de … more →
wrote 2 weeks ago: Frogs in Turgenev and, especially, Bulgakov, from Russian Dinosaur. Russian History Blog has a new … more →
wrote 2 weeks ago: A new expression of literature Literary Paint Chips: Gallery 1. … more →
wrote 2 weeks ago: “If we wait for the moment when everything is ready, we shall never begin.” – Ivan Turge … more →
wrote 2 weeks ago: “If we wait for the moment when everything is ready, we shall never begin.” – Ivan Turge … more →
wrote 3 weeks ago: Carl Jung and the Holy Grail of the Unconscious by Sara Corbett, from The New York Times A Few of Ou … more →
wrote 1 month ago: Literary Paint Chips by Leanne Shapton and Ben Schott, from The Paris Review No. 200, Spring 2012, … more →
wrote 1 month ago: Having just published an article about Russian writers in Prague in the ‘20s (not to be confused wit … more →
wrote 2 months ago: La politica italiana è strutturata male. Anzi, manca proprio di una struttura. Non starò qui a spieg … more →
wrote 3 months ago: Русский Язык Во дни сомнений, во дни тягостных раздумий о судьбах моей родины, – ты одни мне п … more →
wrote 3 months ago: It’s all mapped out like one of them satnavs… thanks Ghostpoet. And thanks Ellie for the ticket to s … more →
wrote 3 months ago: A couple of things today: On how to remain even-tempered On how to deal with the fact that th … more →
wrote 4 months ago: “Bazarov moved slowly forward and Pavel Petrovich walked towards him, his left hand thrust in his po … more →
wrote 4 months ago: Ok, so yes, I ended up doing 2 of the daily prompts yesterday lol….. The first one, which was … more →
wrote 4 months ago: What an awful day yesterday was ( I managed to type up the first draft of my story for my assignment … more →
wrote 4 months ago: Already a huge 19th century Russian literature fan, I am finding myself more and more attracted to t … more →
wrote 5 months ago: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe once wrote: “To think is easy. To act is hard. But the hardest thing in t … more →
wrote 5 months ago: Short Stories on Wednesday is a weekly meme hosted by Risa over at Breadcrumb Reads. This encourages … more →
wrote 6 months ago: Michel Parry (ed.) – The Hounds Of Hell (Arrow, 1975: originally Victor Gollancz, 1973) Intro … more →