Fitzcarraldo Editions has signed a novel about resistance and political activism in Putin's Russia by Keith Gessen, titled A Terrible Country. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'
[ The Bookseller | 2018-03-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Journalist Philip Short asks what motivates Putin — and blames the United States for some of his bad behavior. Continue reading at The Washington Post
[ The Washington Post | 2022-07-22 12:00:04 UTC ]
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Halik Kochanski explores the motivations, and the uncomfortable realities, of World War II's resistance movements. Continue reading at The Washington Post
[ The Washington Post | 2022-06-24 12:00:57 UTC ]
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Christopher Blattman wrote "Why We Fight: The Roots of War and the Paths to Peace" before Russian President Vladimir Putin invaded Ukraine. But the book does offer insight into Putin's playbook. Continue reading at The Washington Post
[ The Washington Post | 2022-05-27 16:21:37 UTC ]
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Sixty years ago, the United States and the Soviet Union led the world in climate change science then spent decades ignoring or denying the science they had pioneered, two books show. Continue reading at The Washington Post
[ The Washington Post | 2022-05-27 16:18:47 UTC ]
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While arguing against intolerance, Azar Nafisi draws parallels between literary dystopias and contemporary America. Continue reading at The Washington Post
[ The Washington Post | 2022-04-29 12:00:16 UTC ]
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Bill Browder recounts his high-stakes and sometimes absurd legal battles with the Kremlin. Continue reading at The Washington Post
[ The Washington Post | 2022-04-15 12:00:06 UTC ]
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Earlier this week, Club 8-bit, one of Ukraine’s largest privately-owned computer museums, was destroyed during the siege of Mariupol. Kotaku spotted news of the event after its owner, Dmitry Cherepanov, took to Facebook to share the fate of Club 8-bit.It has been reported that the Mariupol... Continue reading at Engadget
[ Engadget | 2022-03-27 15:41:09 UTC ]
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In Sensorium by Tanaïs is, at once, a sensuous and gut-wrenching experience in expansive memoir that bleeds across genre and time. Using perfume as a framework, Tanaïs builds the work slowly, moving from the base to the heart to the head notes, recounting alienation and life on the margins as a... Continue reading at Electric Literature
[ Electric Literature | 2022-03-25 11:00:00 UTC ]
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The former U.S. ambassador to Ukraine weighs in on Vladimir Putin’s war against the country, as well as Donald Trump’s past attacks on her character. Continue reading at The Washington Post
[ The Washington Post | 2022-03-25 10:00:00 UTC ]
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When I got to an age where I could read the same books as my mom, she started passing them along to me after she had finished. One of the books she gave me was Reading Lolita in Tehran by New York Times best-selling author Azar Nafisi, a book that I remember not only for […] The post Resist... Continue reading at Electric Literature
[ Electric Literature | 2022-03-08 12:00:00 UTC ]
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A reading list to better understand the current Russia-Ukraine conflict, from examinations of past conflicts to more current events. Continue reading at Book Riot
[ Book Riot | 2022-02-28 11:34:00 UTC ]
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HarperCollins and Catherine Belton have settled their dispute with Roman Abramovich over certain passages in Putin’s People (William Collins) about the reasons for the Russian billionaire's purchase of Chelsea Football Club. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2021-12-23 11:16:19 UTC ]
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“Putin’s People” author Catherine Belton said the claim on Roman Abramovich’s acquisition of Chelsea “has not been admitted to be false.” Continue reading at The Washington Post
[ The Washington Post | 2021-12-23 08:51:35 UTC ]
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Russian oligarch ends his case against journalist Catherine Belton over her book Putin’s PeopleThe Russian oligarch Roman Abramovich has settled his libel claim against the journalist Catherine Belton over her best-selling book Putin’s People, after an agreement was reached late on Tuesday.The... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2021-12-22 11:36:02 UTC ]
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Ai Weiwei’s memoir “1000 Years of Joys and Sorrows” pushes back against the Chinese government’s efforts to silence him and his poet father. Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor
[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2021-12-20 22:31:48 UTC ]
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Russian state oil company Rosneft is discontinuing its remaining claim against HarperCollins over comments made in Catherine Belton's book Putin's People (William Collins). Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2021-11-26 19:40:03 UTC ]
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In “The Genius Under the Table,” the artist and writer Eugene Yelchin recalls his boyhood in 1970s Leningrad. Continue reading at The New York Times
[ The New York Times | 2021-11-12 20:41:15 UTC ]
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Marlowe Granados is the guest. Her debut novel, Happy Hour, is out now from Verso Books. Subscribe and download the episode, wherever you get your podcasts! From the episode: Marlowe Granados: I think that you have to wait a little bit for the correct timing. That was my main gripe with the... Continue reading at Literrary Hub
[ Literrary Hub | 2021-11-09 09:50:34 UTC ]
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Originally published in 2010, Arsenal Pulp will publish a new edition of 'The 500 Years of Indigenous Resistance Comic Book: Revised and Expanded,' written and drawn by Gord Hill, who has added nearly 60 pages of new material. This seven-page excerpt is the story of the 1990 Oka Crisis, a 77-day... Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2021-10-06 04:00:00 UTC ]
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2018 award was shared by New York Times and Washington Post for exposing interference and links between Trump and MoscowDonald Trump has again demanded the Pulitzer prize board rescind the prize for national reporting awarded to the New York Times and Washington Post in 2018, for exposing... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2021-10-04 12:26:08 UTC ]
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