May 19, 2026 Feeling the Burn Spring burns of Russian fields are both common and tragic. Agriculture Literature Rural Life
May 04, 2026 Pushkin Is Out A new federal law introduced on March 1 might change the way books, including classic Russian titles, are distributed. Law Literature Politics
April 14, 2026 I Won't Grow Up! A review of A Hundred Years of Childhood: An Anthology of Russian Writing for Children, 1917-2017, by Olga Bukhina & Kelly Herold & Andrea Lanoux Children Literature
April 09, 2026 Reading Between Black Lines In Russia, censored pages are sparking underground libraries, secret book clubs, and quiet acts of literary resistance. Dissent Law Literature
March 24, 2026 Extras Included A review of Alexander Voloshin's Sidetracked: Exile in Hollywood, translated by Boris Dralyuk. Emigrés Literature War
January 29, 2026 More Chekhov to Enjoy Reviewing a new volume of Chekhov's earliest work, on the writer's 166th birthday. Humor Literature Reviews
January 13, 2026 Sexual Anarchy, Too Much for the FSB A court fined a bookstore chain for novels that contained "sexual anarchism." Law Literature Politics Pop Culture Regions Social Issues
December 23, 2025 Under Review What our reviewer has been reading lately, and what it has gotten him thinking about. Culture History Literature War
November 24, 2025 Newspeak: Authoritarianism Is Good A new state dictionary has changed definitions, praising authoritarianism and promoting "traditional values." Dissent Language Law Literature Politics St. Petersburg
October 14, 2025 Russia's War on Books: A Censored Translation A Russian publishing house censored a part of an American author's book that advocated for trans rights. Culture Dissent Government Law Literature Politics Pop Culture
October 01, 2025 Under Review What our reviewer has been reading lately, and what it has gotten him thinking about. Humor Literature Memoir
