The Altar of Oblivion: On Maria Stepanova’s “In Memory of Memory”
Linda Kinstler ponders “In Memory of Memory,” a book-length essay by the Russian poet Maria Stepanova, translated by Sasha Dugdale.
Linda Kinstler ponders “In Memory of Memory,” a book-length essay by the Russian poet Maria Stepanova, translated by Sasha Dugdale.
Linda Kinstler finds a resonance between “A Life Replaced” by Olga Livshin and “Like Water and Other Stories” by Olga Zilberbourg.
Linda Kinstler listens in on “Long Conversations in Anticipation of a Joyous Death” by Yevsey Tseytlin, translated from the Russian by Alexander...
Linda Kinstler contemplates “Maybe Esther: A Family Story” by Katja Petrowskaja.
Linda Kinstler considers two Lithuanian Jewish memorial endeavors, Grigory Kanovich's novel “Shtetl Love Song” and his son Sergey’s “Lost Shtetl”...
Linda Kinstler reports from Navahrudak, Belarus, a town with a deep history and a link to the Trump administration.
Linda Kinstler on Postmemory and David Bezmozgis’s “The Betrayers”