Covering thoughts shared by some of our listeners on our Discord and on social media about Part 2, Chapter 46 of Vasily Grossman'sLife and Fate.You can read our post about the chapterhere.If you haven't already signed up to get daily emails ref

Show Notes:This week, Matt and Cameron dive into the short story The Performance, from Sergei Dovlatovs book The Zone. Get ready to dive into the most underrepresented point-of-view in the Soviet camp system: the guards. Well, kind of. Get ready to get

Show Notes:A quick note: this episode will contain some references to suicide throughout along with one mention of rape.This week, Matt and Cameron quietly consider the movie Leviathan (2014), directed by Andrey Zvyagintsev, while standing on the edge o

Show Notes:This week, Matt and Cameron get into something a little more modern with a short story from Ukrainian writer and translator Sophia Andrukhovych, An Out-Of-Tune Piano, An Accordion. Come join in as they debate the meaning of the fantasy or dre

Want to learn more about Khvoshchinskaya? Read Matt's post on our blog here.Show Notes:Apologies for Camerons audio quality. This episode was recorded on a back-up microphone in a Reno bathroom.This week, Matt and Cameron dive into an author you ma

Show Notes:This week, Matt and Cameron say sayonara to Tipsy Tolstoy and come on in to The Slavic Literature Pod. RIP to having a valid reason to reference drunkenness on our resumes. Plus we address some questions you may have about the change.08:53

Show Notes:Note: This is a re-run of The Captains Daughter by Aleksandr PushkinIts week 4 of Matt and Camerons June break. So this week, were looking back at one of our favorite books from this podcast, originally put out in October of 2021.Major them

Shownotes:Note: This is a re-run of The Orchard by Kristina Gorcheva-NewberryIts week 2 of Matt and Camerons June break. So this week, were looking back at one of our favorite books from this podcast, originally put out in June of 2022.Major themes: Th

Shownotes:Note: This is a re-run of Zuleikha (parts 1 and 2) by Guzel Yakhina.Its week 1 of Matt and Camerons June break. So this week, were looking back at one of our favorite books from this podcast, originally put out in April of 2021.Major themes

Shownotes:Some quick updates before we head into our June break:HERE IS THE LISTENER SURVEY!The music used in this episode, and for the last time in a new release, was soviet march, by Toasted Tomatoes. You can find more of their work on Bandcamp and Y