Absurd Realities & Unsettling Truths

Brock Covington 12/15/25 Brock Covington 12/15/25

Absurd Realities & Unsettling Truths

(Th)ings and (Th)oughts by Alla Gorbunova

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 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 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

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

Building on Despair & Empty Promises

The Foundation Pit by Andrey Platonov

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

The Origins of a Soviet Literary Giant

My Childhood by Maxim Gorky

Brock Covington 7/31/24 Brock Covington 7/31/24

Laughter at the Edge of Revolution

Envy by Yury Olesha

Brock Covington 7/20/24 Brock Covington 7/20/24