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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, 1 month 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, 1 month 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, 1 month ago
Fathers and Children p.2 by Turgenev
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This week, Matt and Cameron finish the second half of Fathers and Children by Ivan Turgenev. In doing so, they discuss the finer points of…
5 years, 1 month ago
Fathers and Children p.1 by Turgenev
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This week, Matt and Cameron read chapters 1 through 17 of Fathers and Children (1862) by Ivan Turgenev. The literary responses of this boo…
5 years, 1 month ago
Notes from Underground by Dostoevsky (w/ Dr. Kaitlin Shirley)
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This week, Matt and Cameron delve into Notes from Underground by Fyodor Dostoevsky, along with Dr. Kaitlin Shirley, who earned her PhD in …
5 years, 2 months ago
The Overcoat by Gogol
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This week, Matt and Cameron explore “The Overcoat,” by Nikolai Gogol. Once called, “the greatest Russian short every written,” by Vladimir…
5 years, 2 months ago
Twenty-Six Men and a Girl by Gorky
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This week Matt and Cameron read “Twenty-Six Men and a Girl,” by Maxim Gorky. Born Alexei Maximovich Peshkov, it was only when he had begu…
5 years, 2 months ago
Kolyma Tales by Shalamov
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This week, Matt and Cameron read Kolyma Tales by Varlam Shalamov. Although the Gulag narrative was most popularized by Aleksandr Solzhenit…
5 years, 2 months ago
Sankya p.2 by Prilepin
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This week, Matt and Cameron finish Zakhar Prilepin’s Sankya (affectionately retitled Sankya: Reeeeee), reading chapters 8-13. They’ll also…
5 years, 3 months ago