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Zuleikha p.1 by Yakhina
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This week, Matt and Cameron tackle the first half of Zuleikha by Guzel Yakhina, following the story of the so-called ‘Pitiful Hen,’ as her…
4 years, 11 months ago
Anna Karenina Film Adaptations with Ally Pitts
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This week, Matt and Cameron dive into several adaptations of Leo Tolstoy’s Anna Karenina alongside Ally Pitts of the Russophiles Unite! Mo…
4 years, 11 months ago
Love of Worker Bees by Kollontai
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This week, Matt and Cameron dive into Love of the Worker Bees by Alexandra Kollontai, a major figure of early Soviet Union Bolshevik polit…
4 years, 11 months ago
What Is To Be Done? by Lenin
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This week, Matt and Cameron finish the “What Is To Be Done?” series with Vladimir Lenin’s take on the matter. Perhaps it is only fitting t…
4 years, 11 months ago
What Is To Be Done? by Tolstoy
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This week, Matt and Cameron continue their series on “What Is To Be Done,” with Leo Tolstoy’s 1886 response to the question, tackling matt…
5 years ago
What Is To Be Done? by Chernyshevsky
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This week, Matt and Cameron kick off a three-week series in an attempt to figure out just what, exactly, is to be done. This week, they’re…
5 years ago
We p.2 by Zamyatin
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This week, Matt and Cameron finish reading We by Evgeny Zamyatin where they finally uncover I-330’s secret plans, the truth of the Benefac…
5 years ago
Bonus 4 - Politely and Calmly Discussing 1984
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This week, Cameron releases some pent-up stress by yelling about 1984 for...a bit. Then Matt gets personal in a 20 Questions Gauntlet—time…
5 years ago
We p.1 by Zamyatin
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This week, Matt and Cameron tackle the first half of Evgeny’s Zamyatin’s We. Perhaps the first novel of sci-fi dystopia as we would recogn…
5 years ago
Song of the Final Meeting, Lot's Wife, and Requiem by Akhmatova
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This week, Matt and Cameron dive into the poetry of Anna Akhmatova, reading “Song of the Final Meeting,” “Lot’s Wife” and Requiem. Each of…
5 years, 1 month ago