Jun 18, 2021 · Podcast

Anna Karenina p.4

Major themes: Committees, Stupid Sexy Chalk Drawings, Sudden Climax

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Jun 11, 2021 · Podcast

Matryona's House by Solzhenitsyn

Major themes: Cockroaches, Allegories for the USSR, Torfoprodukt

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Jun 4, 2021 · Podcast

Anna Karenina p.3

Major themes: M O W I N G, Levin as author avatar, Poor Dolly

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May 28, 2021 · Podcast

The Unwomanly Face of War by Alexievich

Major themes: Sad Sake Shots, Oversized Boots, Soapboxes

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May 21, 2021 · Podcast

Anna Karenina p.2

Major themes: Anna = Frou-Frou?, Tolstoy not being terribly self-aware, FARMING

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May 14, 2021 · Podcast

Pkhentz by Sinyavsky

Major themes: Cacti, Water Water Everywhere Nor Any Drop to Drink, Overuse of the Word ‘Alienation’

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May 7, 2021 · Podcast

Anna Karenina p.1

Major themes: Adultery, Definitions of Evil, Special Smiles

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Apr 30, 2021 · Podcast

The Lady with the Dog by Chekhov

Major themes: Anna Anna Everywhere, Watermelon, Where did the dog go?

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Apr 23, 2021 · Podcast

Zuleikha p.2 by Yakhina

Major themes: Call your mom, Bad man as interesting characters, Russian phonetics.

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Apr 16, 2021 · Podcast

Zuleikha p.1 by Yakhina

Major themes: Forest spirits, Vestigial pagan folklore, and Dekulakization

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Apr 9, 2021 · Podcast

Anna Karenina Film Adaptations with Ally Pitts

Major themes: Adultery, Kiera Knightly’s painful smile, Is Stiva the real villain of the book?

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Apr 2, 2021 · Podcast

Love of the Worker Bees by Kollontai

Major themes: Adultery, *Our* kid, New Economic Policy = Capitalism?

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