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Ludmila Ulitskaya
Ludmila Ulitskaya was born in 1943 in the Urals. After graduating from Moscow University with a Degree of Master in Biology, she worked in the Institute of Genetics as a scientist. She… More
Keith Gessen
Keith Gessen was born in Russia and currently lives in Brooklyn. He was educated at Harvard and Syracuse. He is a founding editor of n+1 magazine. He is the author of All… More
Elena Milashina
Elena Milashina is a leading correspondent for the prominent Russian publication Novaya Gazeta. Elena Milashina exposes corruption and abuses committed by her government. After the murder of her colleague and world-renowned rights champion… More
Pussy Riot Trial Closed; Verdict Due August 17
The trial against Maria Alyokhina, Nadezhda Tolokonnikova and Yekaterina Samusevich was closed yesterday, August 8, 2012, and the verdict will be given on August 17. The three members of… More
Royal Quiet Deluxe: A Conversation with Matthew Zapruder
My grandfather was one of those people who kept everything in immaculate condition, so the typewriter was perfectly clean and required no fixing other than a new ribbon. I… More
PEN International’s Cathal Sheerin on the G20 Summit
Mexico: Leading the G20 in Killing Journalists and WritersThe first six months of 2012 saw 8 journalists and writers murdered in Mexico; that shameful statistic puts this summer’s G20… More
PEN International’s Cathal Sheerin on the G20 Summit
Mexico: Leading the G20 in Killing Journalists and Writers The first six months of 2012 saw 8 journalists and writers murdered in Mexico; that shameful statistic puts this summer's G20… More
The Hunger Angel
I carried all I had, but it wasn’t mine. Everything either came from someone else or wasn’t what it was supposed to be. A gramophone box served as a… More
Poetry Roundup: The Road is Before Us!
Welcome to the Walt days of summer. Today we praise our expansive poetic father, Walt Whitman, whose birthday we just celebrated! More
Pussy Riot’s Punk Moleben – Virgin Mary Put Putin Away
Today, May 24, three members of the Russian Punk band, Pussy Riot, will have been detained for over 11 weeks, and will not be freed for at least another… More