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Films of the week: Tzar and J Edgar – monsters or great men?
Still of Leonardo DiCaprio in J. Edgar – Photo by Keith Bernstein – © 2011 Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. *********J Edgar ( 2011, dir. Clint Eastwood) I’ll start with Hoover. It’s a fantastic film...
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What’s the Fuss About Pussy Riot?
Pussy Riot, photo by Игорь Мухин at ru.wikipedia [GFDL (http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html) or CC-BY-SA-3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)], via Wikimedia CommonsHere I am breaking...
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Modern Russian Authors: Boris Akunin
One of the most popular searches leading to my blog is ’modern Russian literature’. So, I’m starting a series of blog posts about contemporary Russian authors and their books. I’ll start with one of...
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Zwinger: The Art Thriller. Interview with Elena Kostioukovitch
Elena Kostioukovitch (photo by Alex Pivovarov) Today I’m having a conversation with Elena Kostioukovich, a literary agent, visiting professor at several Italian universities, author and translator of...
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