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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…
5 years, 6 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, 6 months 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, 6 months 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, 7 months 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, 7 months 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, 7 months 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, 7 months ago
The Cow & The Third Son by Platonov
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This week, Matt and Cameron dive into metaphors for communism and explorations of grief in “The Cow” and “The Third Son” by Andrei Platono…
5 years, 7 months ago
How Much Land Does a Man Need? by Tolstoy
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This week, Matt and Cameron will learn not to specifically challenge the devil in “How Much Land Does a Man Need?” by Leo Tolstoy. Hailed …
5 years, 8 months ago
Bonus 3 - An International Relations Major's Lament
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This week, Matt and Cameron talk about what they’ve been doing and reading in their free time, how knowing Russian has changed their under…
5 years, 8 months ago