Yelena Furman

Yelena Furman teaches Russian language and literature at UCLA. Her research interests include contemporary Russian women’s literature, Russian-American literature, and Chekhov.

The Realm of Forgotten Things: On Ludmilla Petrushevskaya’s “The New Adventures of Helen”

Yelena Furman is drawn to “The New Adventures of Helen,” a collection of fairy tales for adults by Ludmilla Petrushevskaya, translated from the Russian by Jane Bugaeva....

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Acute Infection or Chronic Condition? On Maxim D. Shrayer’s “A Russian Immigrant: Three Novellas”

Yelena Furman traverses “A Russian Immigrant: Three Novellas” by Maxim D. Shrayer....

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“Shintity Fug These Vulstes”: On Ksenia Buksha’s “The Freedom Factory”

Yelena Furman deconstructs “The Freedom Factory,” a novel by Ksenia Buksha, translated from Russian by Anne O. Fisher....

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Torn Like a Veil Before Me: On Elena Chizhova’s “Little Zinnobers”

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Russianness Under Foreign Skies: On Edyta M. Bojanowska’s “A World of Empires: The Russian Voyage of the Frigate Pallada”

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LITERARY CRITICISM

HISTORY

CULTURAL STUDIES

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Two Mirrors: On Leonid Yuzefovich’s “Horsemen of the Sands”

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A Voice from the Caucasus: On Alisa Ganieva’s “Bride and Groom”

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GENDER & SEXUALITY

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“Don’t We Know Our Own Minds?”: A Rediscovered Russian Woman Writer of the 19th Century

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“On the Side of the L-law”: Boris Akunin’s Russian Detective

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NOIR

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Soviet Scars: Elena Chizhova’s “The Time of Women”