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Sankya p.1 by Prilepin
Show Notes:
Content Warning: there will be minor discussion of sexual violence at 27:53-28:23, 32:40-32:55, and 34:40-35:13.
There will also be a description of graphic violence at 33:52-34:06.
This w…
Published on 4 years, 8 months ago
Alyosha the Pot by Tolstoy
Show Notes:
This week, Matt and Cameron will be reading “Alyosha the Pot,” a short story by Leo Tolstoy which was once called one of his “most perfect creations,” by literary historian Dmitri Mirsky.
T…
Published on 4 years, 8 months ago
Red Cavalry by Babel
Show Notes:
This week, Matt and Cameron will be delving into a few short stories from the collection Red Cavalry by Isaac Babel. Babel was an early Soviet writer who covered the Polish-Soviet 1920 wa…
Published on 4 years, 8 months ago
The Nose by Gogol
Show Notes:
This week, Matt and Cameron take on “The Nose,” by Nikolai Gogol. Written in 1835-6, “The Nose” tells the story of a mid-ranking St. Petersburg bureaucrat who loses his nose. The story rec…
Published on 4 years, 8 months ago