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The Slavic Literature Pod is your guide to one of the most important—yet understudied—literary traditions. Every episode, Russian literature PhD Candidate Matt Gerasimovich and Personable Audio Expert Cameron Lallana dive deep into big books, short stories, film, and everything in between. You’ll get an approachable introduction to the scholarship and big ideas surrounding this canon three Fridays per month.
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Office Hours - Straight men, college students, and literature -- oh my!
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Oct 18, 2024 |
Strike! (1925) by Sergei Eisenstein
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Oct 11, 2024 |
The Tears & Smiles of Things by Sodomora (w/ translators Dr. Roman Ivashkiv and Sabrina Jaszi)
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Oct 04, 2024 |
Office Hours - Enrolling in Jordan Peterson Academy
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Sep 20, 2024 |
The Street of Crocodiles by Bruno Schulz
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Sep 13, 2024 |
Devil's Yard by Ivo Andrić
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Sep 06, 2024 |
August Break - The Czech Manuscripts (w/ author Dr. David L. Cooper)
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Aug 16, 2024 |
August Break - Ochre & Rust by Gandlevsky (w/translator Philip J. Metres)
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Aug 09, 2024 |
August Break - Work Flows: Stalinist Liquids in Russian Labor Culture (w/ author Dr. Maya Vinokour)
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Aug 02, 2024 |
Life and Fate (Part 3, Chs. 49-61) by Grossman
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Jul 19, 2024 |
Life and Fate (Part 3, Chs. 19-48) by Grossman
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Jun 28, 2024 |
Aelita (1924) by Protazanov
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Jun 14, 2024 |
Office Hours - Answering r/Dostoevsky's hottest questions
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Jun 07, 2024 |
Life and Fate (P. 2, Chs. 51-62, P.3 Chs. 1-18) by Grossman
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May 31, 2024 |
The Body of the Soul by Ulitskaya
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May 10, 2024 |
Office Hours - Ranking our best episodes
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May 03, 2024 |
Life and Fate Read Along: Part 2, Chapter 49
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Apr 30, 2024 |
Life and Fate Read Along: Part 2, Chapter 48
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Apr 29, 2024 |
Life and Fate (P.2, Chs. 21-50) by Grossman
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Apr 26, 2024 |
Work Flows: Stalinist Liquids in Russian Labor Culture (w/ author Dr. Maya Vinokour)
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Apr 12, 2024 |
Office Hours - We Read This Book So You Don't Have To
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Apr 05, 2024 |
Life and Fate (P.1 Chs. 61-70, P.2 Chs. 1-20) by Grossman
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Mar 29, 2024 |
Light Breathing by Bunin
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Mar 15, 2024 |
Office Hours - Do-stoevsky it for the 'gram, Empress Theresa
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Mar 08, 2024 |
Life and Fate (P.1, Chs. 32-60) by Grossman
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Mar 01, 2024 |
The Czech Manuscripts (w/ author Dr. David Cooper)
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Feb 09, 2024 |
Office Hours - Dissertation, sea monsters, DostoevskyGPT
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Feb 02, 2024 |
Life and Fate (P.1, Chs. 1-31) by Grossman
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Jan 26, 2024 |
Ochre & Rust by Gandlevsky (w/translator Philip J. Metres)
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Jan 12, 2024 |
Life and Fate Read Along: Part 1, Chapter 5
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Jan 06, 2024 |
The Sulphur Spring by Durova/Alexandrov
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Jan 06, 2024 |
Life and Fate Read Along: Part 1, Chapter 4
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Jan 05, 2024 |
Life and Fate Read Along: Part 1, Chapter 3
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Jan 04, 2024 |
Life and Fate Read Along: Part 1, Chapter 2
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Jan 03, 2024 |
Life and Fate Read Along: Part 1, Chapter 1
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Jan 02, 2024 |
December Break: The Sistine Madonna by Grossman
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Dec 29, 2023 |
Coming Soon: Supporter Drive '23
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Dec 15, 2023 |
We Need To Talk: Supporter Drive '23
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Dec 08, 2023 |
SAVE OUR SHOW: Supporter Drive '23
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Dec 01, 2023 |
The Master and Margarita (chs. 26-epilogue) by Bulgakov
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Nov 17, 2023 |
A Volga Tale (The Pupil-The Son-The Children) by Yakhina
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Nov 10, 2023 |
Office Hours - Life and Fate Chapter a Day Read Along 1/1/2024
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Nov 03, 2023 |
The Master and Margarita (chs. 19-25) by Bulgakov
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Oct 20, 2023 |
A Volga Tale (The Wife-The Daughter) by Yakhina
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Oct 13, 2023 |
Solaris (1972) by Tarkovsky
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Oct 06, 2023 |
The Master and Margarita (chs. 10-18) by Bulgakov
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Sep 15, 2023 |
Signs and Symbols by Nabokov (w/ Drs. Sara Karpukhin and José Vergara)
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Sep 08, 2023 |
Office Hours - "Literary" fiction, bookstagram, and questionable takes
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Sep 01, 2023 |
The Master and Margarita (chs. 1-9) by Bulgakov
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Aug 18, 2023 |
The Kreutzer Sonata by Tolstoy (w/ Dr. Tatyana Gershkovich)
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Aug 11, 2023 |
The Performance by Dovlatov
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Aug 04, 2023 |
Leviathan (2014) by Zvyagintsev
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Jul 21, 2023 |
An Out-Of-Tune Piano, An Accordion by Andrukhovych
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Jul 14, 2023 |
On The Way: A Sketch by Khvoshchinskaya
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Jul 07, 2023 |
A New Name, A New Look, The Same Show
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Jun 28, 2023 |
June Break: The Captain's Daughter
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Jun 16, 2023 |
June Break: The Orchard by Kristina Gorcheva-Newberry
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Jun 09, 2023 |
June Break: Zuleikha by Guzel Yakhina
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Jun 02, 2023 |
Bonus 11 - June Break 2023 + What's Next
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May 31, 2023 |
War and Peace p.14 (Epilogues I & II)
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May 26, 2023 |
War and Peace p.13 (Book 4, Part 4)
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May 19, 2023 |
War and Peace p.12 (Book 4, Part 3)
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May 05, 2023 |
War and Peace p.11 (Book 4, Part 2)
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Apr 21, 2023 |
War and Peace p.10 (Book 4, Part 1)
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Apr 14, 2023 |
War and Peace p.9 (Book 3, Part 3)
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Apr 07, 2023 |
War and Peace p.8 (Book 3, Part 2)
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Mar 17, 2023 |
War and Peace p.7 (Book 3, Part 1)
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Mar 10, 2023 |
War and Peace p.6 (Book 2, Parts 4-5)
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Mar 03, 2023 |
War and Peace p.5 (Book 2, Part 3)
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Feb 17, 2023 |
War and Peace p.4 (Book 2, Parts 1-2)
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Feb 10, 2023 |
War and Peace p.3 (Book 1, Part 3)
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Feb 03, 2023 |
War and Peace p.2 (Book 1, Part 2)
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Jan 20, 2023 |
War and Peace p.1 (Book 1, Part 1)
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Jan 13, 2023 |
Chekhov Becomes Chekhov (w/ Author Bob Blaisdell)
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Jan 06, 2023 |
Bonus 10 - 2 Years of Tipsy Tolstoy and BIG ANNOUNCEMENT
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Dec 09, 2022 |
Robert Chandler Talks Stalingrad and Translation
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Nov 25, 2022 |
The Shot by Pushkin
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Nov 11, 2022 |
The Sistine Madonna by Grossman
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Nov 04, 2022 |
Stalingrad (Part 3, Chs. 35-56) by Grossman
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Oct 21, 2022 |
Stalingrad (Part 3, Chs. 23-36) by Grossman
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Oct 21, 2022 |
Stalingrad (Part 3, Chs. 1-22) by Grossman
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Oct 07, 2022 |
Stalingrad (Part 2, Chs. 40-52) by Grossman
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Sep 23, 2022 |
Stalingrad (Part 2, Chs. 20-39) by Grossman
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Sep 09, 2022 |
Stalingrad (Part 2, Chs. 1-19) by Grossman
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Sep 02, 2022 |
Stalingrad (Part 1, Chs. 53-69) by Grossman
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Aug 19, 2022 |
Stalingrad (Part 1, Chs. 35-52) by Grossman
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Aug 12, 2022 |
Stalingrad (Part 1, Chs. 19-34) by Grossman
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Aug 05, 2022 |
Stalingrad (Part 1, Chs. 1-18) by Grossman
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Jul 22, 2022 |
Envy by Olesha (w/ Dr. José Vergara)
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Jul 08, 2022 |
Bonus 9 - State of the Podcast
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Jun 27, 2022 |
The Orchard (w/ Author Kristina Gorcheva-Newberry)
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Jun 24, 2022 |
Eugene Onegin p.3 by Pushkin (w/ Dr. Katherine Bowers)
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Jun 10, 2022 |
Eugene Onegin p.2 by Pushkin
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May 27, 2022 |
Eugene Onegin p.1 by Pushkin
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May 13, 2022 |
Crime and Punishment Epilogue (w/ Dr. Kate Holland)
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Apr 29, 2022 |
Crime and Punishment p.6 (w/ Dr. Kaitlin Shirley)
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Apr 15, 2022 |
Crime and Punishment p.5
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Apr 01, 2022 |
Crime and Punishment p.4
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Mar 18, 2022 |
Crime and Punishment p.3
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Mar 04, 2022 |
Crime and Punishment p.2
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Feb 18, 2022 |
Crime and Punishment p.1 (w/ Dr. Katherine Bowers)
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Feb 04, 2022 |
The Polykhaevs by Nilin (w/ Dr. Ian Garner)
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Jan 21, 2022 |
Father Sergius by Tolstoy
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Jan 07, 2022 |
Bonus 8 - December Announcements!
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Dec 03, 2021 |
Cement p.2 by Gladkov
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Nov 19, 2021 |
Cement p.1 by Gladkov
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Nov 05, 2021 |
Morphine by Bulgakov
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Oct 23, 2021 |
The Captain's Daughter by Pushkin
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Oct 08, 2021 |
Heart of a Dog by Bulgakov
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Sep 24, 2021 |
The Funeral Party by Ulitskaya
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Sep 10, 2021 |
Bonus 7 Preview - Movie Night!
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Sep 08, 2021 |
The Meek One by Dostoevsky (w/ Dr. Kaitlin Shirley)
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Aug 27, 2021 |
Anna Karenina p.8
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Aug 13, 2021 |
Anna Karenina p.7
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Jul 30, 2021 |
Anna Karenina p.6
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Jul 16, 2021 |
Anna Karenina p.5
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Jul 02, 2021 |
Format Change
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Jun 30, 2021 |
One Soldier's War by Babchenko
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Jun 25, 2021 |
Anna Karenina p.4
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Jun 18, 2021 |
Matryona's House by Solzhenitsyn
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Jun 11, 2021 |
Anna Karenina p.3
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Jun 04, 2021 |
The Unwomanly Face of War by Alexievich
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May 28, 2021 |
Anna Karenina p.2
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May 21, 2021 |
Pkhentz by Sinyavsky
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May 14, 2021 |
Anna Karenina p.1
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May 07, 2021 |
The Lady with the Dog by Chekhov
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Apr 30, 2021 |
Zuleikha p.2 by Yakhina
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Apr 23, 2021 |
Zuleikha p.1 by Yakhina
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Apr 16, 2021 |
Anna Karenina Film Adaptations with Ally Pitts
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Apr 09, 2021 |
Love of Worker Bees by Kollontai
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Apr 02, 2021 |
What Is To Be Done? by Lenin
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Mar 26, 2021 |
What Is To Be Done? by Tolstoy
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Mar 19, 2021 |
What Is To Be Done? by Chernyshevsky
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Mar 12, 2021 |
We p.2 by Zamyatin
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Mar 05, 2021 |
Bonus 4 - Politely and Calmly Discussing 1984
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Mar 01, 2021 |
We p.1 by Zamyatin
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Feb 26, 2021 |
Song of the Final Meeting, Lot's Wife, and Requiem by Akhmatova
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Feb 19, 2021 |
The Cow & The Third Son by Platonov
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Feb 12, 2021 |
How Much Land Does a Man Need? by Tolstoy
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Feb 05, 2021 |
Bonus 3 - An International Relations Major's Lament
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Feb 01, 2021 |
Fathers and Children p.2 by Turgenev
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Jan 29, 2021 |
Fathers and Children p.1 by Turgenev
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Jan 22, 2021 |
Notes from Underground by Dostoevsky (w/ Dr. Kaitlin Shirley)
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Jan 15, 2021 |
The Overcoat by Gogol
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Jan 08, 2021 |
Twenty-Six Men and a Girl by Gorky
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Jan 01, 2021 |
Kolyma Tales by Shalamov
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Dec 25, 2020 |
Sankya p.2 by Prilepin
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Dec 18, 2020 |
Bonus 1 - Russian Melancholy
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Dec 14, 2020 |
Sankya p.1 by Prilepin
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Dec 11, 2020 |
The Nose by Gogol
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Dec 04, 2020 |
Red Cavalry by Babel
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Dec 04, 2020 |
Alyosha the Pot by Tolstoy
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Dec 04, 2020 |