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Jonathan Mahler on the Surveillance of Maxim Gorky
Jonathan Mahler reads a 1906 New York Times story on Russian surveillance of Maxim Gorky during a visit to the United States at "Something to Hide: Writers and Artists… More
In Conversation: Vladimir Sorokin and Keith Gessen
Vladimir Sorokin, considered by many to be the next Roberto Bolaño, is one of Russia's most accomplished and well-regarded novelists and dramatists. English translations of his masterpieces, Ice Trilogy… More
On Boris Pasternak’s Doctor Zhivago
Even under Stalin’s successor Khrushchev there was still no realistic hope of publishing the entire book. So in 1957 Pasternak finally allowed a manuscript (including the poems, published as… More
PEN Poets at Lit Crawl NYC: September 15
Next Saturday, September 15, PEN America will host three amazing poets for Lit Crawl NYC. Join us in the outdoor patio of Bantam, on the Lower East Side, for a… More
Translating Pussy Riot
Susan Bernofsky reports on how the closing statements by members of Russian punk band Pussy riot made it into English. More
On Vladimir Nabokov’s Lolita
Say that Lolita is hilarious and excruciating and sad—no novel ever had a sadder last line—but not boring, surely. We throb with the miserable Humbert as he creeps across… More
Excerpts from Marcelo Cohen’s The End of the Same
There are men on the beach. They are prisoners. Right now they are establishing a routine in order to accommodate various states of rage, depression, and reverie. Most of… More
PEN Statement on Threats Against Researcher Tanya Lokshina in Moscow
PEN International and PEN American Center strongly condemn the threats made against Tanya Lokshina, deputy director of Human Rights Watch’s Moscow office, calling them a revolting and cowardly attempt… More
Ruslan Sharipov | Status: Displaced/In Exile | Uzbekistan
Ruslan Sharipov was one of several dozen students chosen to participate in a government-sponsored exchange program with U.S. universities in the fall of 1999. When Uzbek authorities canceled that… More
Victoria Redel
Victoria Redel was born in New York, a first generation American of Belgian, Rumanian, Egyptian and Russian parentage. Redel is the author of three books of poetry and three books of… More
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