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The Foundation Pit by Andrei Platonov
Cameron and Una dig into Andrei Platonov's The Foundation Pit, an exploration of meaning through the early Soviet Union.
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Cameron Lallana
One-half of The Slavic Literature Pod duo. Old man by nature, killjoy by trade. I read trashy sci-fi and noir novels on the side.
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Una Vulević introduces herself
Cameron sits down with new co-host Una Vulević to discuss her background and approach to the study of Slavic literature.
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A new voice on the podcast + what's next
A little insight on a new voice you'll be hearing on the podcast, plus what else is coming up next.
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No One Talks About the War (with author Nina Kossman)
This week, Nina Kossman joins the podcast to talk about her upcoming book, No One Talks About the War: Travels in Ukraine During the War, a collection of short stories recollecting conversations she had while crossing Ukraine in 2023.
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Ukrainian Literary Modernism (with Drs. Yuliya Ilchuk and Halyna Babak)
Cameron sits down with Drs. Halyna Babak and Yuliya Ilchuk to talk about their new reader, Ukrainian Literary Modernism.
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Mosquito by Akhmet Baitursynov (with translator Jake Zawlacki)
Jake Zawlacki joins the podcast to talk about his translation of Akhmet Baitursynov's 1911 poetry collection Mosquito, a political tract that contains his hopes and fears for the Kazakh people and a yet-to-exist state.
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Sofia Petrovna by Lydia Chukovskaya
A novel about the Great Terror written during the Great Terror, Lydia Chukovskaya's Sofia Petrovna lives a fairly comfortable Soviet life – until her son is arrested for an unspecified crime.
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Blog
Celebrate Pride, always
Pride Month is over; celebrating Pride is not. An affirmation of one of this podcast's core beliefs.
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For Your Consideration: Butcher's Crossing by John Williams (and why I don't think we should compare it to Blood Meridian)
Cameron dives into John Williams' 1960 novel, Butcher's Crossing, a cautionary tale about how reading Ralph Waldo Emerson can drive you into buffalo-murdering madness.
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PREP WORK: The Last Letter (2002) by Frederick Wiseman
Cameron covers some necessary background information for an upcoming episode about Frederick Wiseman’s 2002 film “The Last Letter,” which dramatizes a chapter of Vassily Grossman’s Life and Fate.
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A School for Fools by Sasha Sokolov (w/ Dr. José Vergara)
Dr. José Vergara Vergara returns to the podcast to break down Sasha Sokolov's first novel, A School for Fools.
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Chevengur by Andrei Platonov, Chapters 25-43
This week, Cameron takes on the back half of Andrei Platonov’s Chevengur, covering chapters 25-43. As our characters finally arrive in the town of Chevengur, we go from a picaresque romp around the newly-Soviet countryside into the dirty work of actually building Communism.
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