The Ice That Consumes Us

Brock Covington 11/19/25 Brock Covington 11/19/25

The Ice That Consumes Us

Ice by Anna Kavan

Brock Covington 11/10/25 Brock Covington 11/10/25

A Literary Dissection of Grief

Motherdying by Michael Lentz

Brock Covington 10/29/25 Brock Covington 10/29/25

Caught in a Moral Maelstrom

The Birds by Tarjei Vesaas

Brock Covington 10/17/25 Brock Covington 10/17/25

Tracing the Path of Self-Identity

Needle's Eye by Wiesław Myśliwski

Satirical Surrealism in Resurrected Medieval Russia

Brock Covington 9/25/25 Brock Covington 9/25/25

Satirical Surrealism in Resurrected Medieval Russia

The Sugar Kremlin by Vladimir Sorokin

A Nightmarish Trip Through Germany’s past

Brock Covington 8/29/25 Brock Covington 8/29/25

A Nightmarish Trip Through Germany’s past

Schattenfroh by Michael Lentz

Brock Covington 8/21/25 Brock Covington 8/21/25

The Contrast of War & Childhood Reverie

In Late Summer by Magdalena Blažević

A Surreal Lampoon of Humanity’s Grand Delusions

Brock Covington 8/1/25 Brock Covington 8/1/25

A Surreal Lampoon of Humanity’s Grand Delusions

Telluria by Vladimir Sorokin

Brock Covington 7/2/25 Brock Covington 7/2/25

Reconstructing the Past & Self-Identity

The Remembered Soldier by Anjet Daanje

Brock Covington 6/24/25 Brock Covington 6/24/25

A Star’s Tragic, Blinding Light

The Hour of the Star by Clarice Lispector

Brock Covington 6/12/25 Brock Covington 6/12/25

A Time Capsule of the Soviet Life

The Soviet Century by Karl Schlögel

Parodies of Russian Oddities & Political Machinations

Brock Covington 5/16/25 Brock Covington 5/16/25

Parodies of Russian Oddities & Political Machinations

Red Pyramid by Vladimir Sorokin

Brock Covington 3/24/25 Brock Covington 3/24/25

America’s New Cold War

Provoked: How Washington Started the New Cold War with Russia and the Catastrophe in Ukraine by Scott Horton

Capturing the Absurdity of Soviet Reality

Brock Covington 2/4/25 Brock Covington 2/4/25

Capturing the Absurdity of Soviet Reality

Dispatches from the District Committee by Vladimir Sorokin

Brock Covington 1/31/25 Brock Covington 1/31/25

The Frenetic Metamorphosis of a City

Conquered City by Victor Serge

Brock Covington 1/18/25 Brock Covington 1/18/25

Vignettes of an Emotional Exodus

Memories: From Moscow to the Black Sea by Teffi

Destruction as Salvation: László Krasznahorkai

Brock Covington 1/17/25 Brock Covington 1/17/25

Destruction as Salvation: László Krasznahorkai

Inside László Krasznahorkai’s Apocalypse Quartet

Brock Covington 1/3/25 Brock Covington 1/3/25

Building on Despair & Empty Promises

The Foundation Pit by Andrey Platonov

Brock Covington 12/5/24 Brock Covington 12/5/24

A Symphony of Intertwined Fates

The Demons by Heimito von Doderer

Brock Covington 10/27/24 Brock Covington 10/27/24

The Origins of a Soviet Literary Giant