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

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 1/17/25 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

My Childhood by Maxim Gorky

Brock Covington 10/21/24 Brock Covington 10/21/24

Oddballs & Delightful Oddities

Waiting for the Fear by Oğuz Atay

Brock Covington 9/4/24 Brock Covington 9/4/24

American Poverty, Anger, and Moral Ambiguity

Hard Rain Falling by Don Carpenter

Brock Covington 8/23/24 Brock Covington 8/23/24

We Are All Terminal Cases

The World According to Garp by John Irving

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