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Literary roundup: Russian literature in prisons, on spies and some Czech honey
The Washington Post has an amazing article about teaching Russian literature in prisons in Virginia. Not only does it recount how convicted felons are getting enthusiastic about reading Tolstoy, Dosto… more →
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Literary roundup: Russian literature in prisons, on spies and some Czech honey
wrote 1 week ago: The Washington Post has an amazing article about teaching Russian literature in prisons in Virginia. … more →
European Literature Night 2013
wrote 2 weeks ago: For a fifth year European Literature Night is taking place in cities throughout the continent. On Ma … more →
Literary roundup: Bykov and ‘Three Sisters’ in Berlin, Prague Writers’ Festival
wrote 5 months ago: Russian literature, theater and art will be in the spotlight in Berlin at the RusImport festival fro … more →
Love and Truth
wrote 6 months ago: Last weekend the fourth edition of the Central European Forum took place in a pleasantly relaxed and … more →
Jachym Topol & Marianna Placakova
wrote 6 months ago: Workers Vaclav Havel Library – Jachym Topol & Marianna Placakova in the country house of … more →
Literary roundup: CE Forum, Vladimir Makinin and ©
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wrote 6 months ago: The Central European Forum takes place in Bratislava from November 15 to 18 and there are a host of … more →
Literary roundup: Looking for Czech translators and the devil’s many roles
wrote 6 months ago: Translator Alex Zucker was in Prague to speak about his translation of Jáchym Topol’s novel The Devi … more →
Literary roundup: from Led Zeppelin to contemporary Czech fiction
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wrote 6 months ago: Kateřina Tučková has been awarded the 2012 Josef Škvorecký Prize for her novel Žítkovské bohyně (The … more →
Czech writers being (re)discovered
wrote 1 year ago: The varied world of Czech literature, past and present, contains a vast store of work virtually unkn … more →
Notes from underground: a look back at Czech samizdat
wrote 1 year ago: Czech dissident publications are put on display in New York, helping to bring a dark, courageous cha … more →
'All This Belongs to Me' in New York
wrote 1 year ago: Translator Alex Zucker will be presenting and reading from his translation of Petra Hůlová’s debut n … more →
Jachym Topol, U Budyho 7.6. 2011
wrote 1 year ago: Jachym Topol, U Budyho 7.6. 2011. Prague. … more →
Literary map of Prague
wrote 1 year ago: In a bid to obtain the status of a “UNESCO Creative City of Literature,” Prague’s Municipal Library … more →
Gargling With Tar
wrote 2 years ago: The Independent Foreign Fiction Prize 2011 – Gargling with Tar Gargling with Tar is the second … more →
10 Overlooked Books in my TBR Pile
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wrote 2 years ago: Everytime I go shopping for books to read in my TBR stack, I seem to overlook the titles listed belo … more →
Book 901 Jachym Topol - City Sister Silver
wrote 2 years ago: I don’t know why but I’ve never really warmed to Czech writers , Kundera, Kafka ok I do … more →
Journalism or Surrealism?
wrote 5 years ago: The author of the renowned Czech novel City Sister Silver, Jachym Topol, came into my Reporti … more →
