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Post-Soviet Literature in and outside the Former Soviet Union. Blog by Yelena Furman @yelenafurman and Olga Zilberbourg @bowlga puncturedlines.com

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The publication of Egana Djabbarova's My Dreadful Body by @newvesselpress.bsky.social is an important contribution to feminist russophone literature in English translation. We’re diving deeper into the context of this book in our interview w its translator, Lisa C. Hayden.
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The publication of Egana Djabbarova's My Dreadful Body by @newvesselpress.bsky.social is an important contribution to feminist russophone literature in English translation. We’re diving deeper into the context of this book in our interview w its translator, Lisa C. Hayden.
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Link to the piece: puncturedlines.com/2026/07/1…

Creating a Vivid World: A Q&A with Lisa C. Hayden, the translator of Egana Djabbarova’s My Dreadf...

The publication of Egana Djabbarova’s My Dreadful Body by New Vessel Press earlier this year is an important contribution to feminist russophone literature available to readers in English translati…

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Read an excerpt from Svetlana Satchkova’s English-language debut, THE UNDEAD: A Novel of Modern Russia, published earlier this year by @melvillehouse . A story of an aspiring Moscow filmmaker, who makes an arthouse horror movie and then finds herself arrested and prosecuted.
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Link to the excerpt: puncturedlines.com/2026/06/1…

A Psychological Thriller with a Touch of Mythology: An Excerpt from Svetlana Satchkova’s The Undead

Svetlana Satchkova’s English-language debut, The Undead: A Novel of Modern Russia, was published earlier this year by Melville House Publishing to rave reviews. It’s a story of an aspir…

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Alina Stefanescu@aliner
Jun 11
Please send us your poetry and prose translated from Turkic and Slavic languages (broadly conceived)!!!
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Olga Zilberbourg@bowlga
Jun 11
Tomorrow in San Francisco!!
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May 27
SF/Bay Area writers and hackers: Come out on June 12 to celebrate our community and raise funds for everyone's favorite local makerspace: @noisebridge! With Samantha Shields, Aaron Lee, Savannah Mandella, @L_Abhyankar, John "Jaune" Hanig, and Jiyoung Han! #bookish #events 1/4
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Natalie Oceanheart's LIFE BEYOND FEAR: A UKRAINIAN WOMAN'S MEMOIR is written by a survivor as well as a trained psychologist who aims to help people by sharing her story. Read @kcengel 's interview with Oceanheart on Punctured Lines. Link below. #Ukraine #memoir #books
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Oceanheart is just starting out her adult life and yet the choices she makes as a daughter, wife, and mother — as well as a recent college graduate — are made amidst the chaos, despair, and danger of war. @kcengel talks to Natalie Oceanheart: puncturedlines.com/2026/05/2…

Waiting to Exhale: A Q&A with Natalie Oceanheart, author of Life Beyond Fear: A Ukrainian Woman’s...

Natalie Oceanheart begins Life Beyond Fear: A Ukrainian Woman’s Memoir (Potomac Books) with the escalation of fighting in Ukraine in 2022. At the time, Oceanheart is just starting out her adu…

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Olga Zilberbourg@bowlga
Jun 5
To get a sense of what we do, come to the fundraiser we're hosting on June 12 to benefit Noisebridge, a makerspace in the Mission that has been hosting our workshop--for free!--for the past four years. You will hear some of our writers read their work and meet some hackers!! 7/7
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Olga Zilberbourg@bowlga
Jun 5
One of the unique things about our workshop is that we are both a community group -- everyone's welcome, no questions asked -- and a professional writing group. 2/7
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Olga Zilberbourg@bowlga
Jun 5
Once in a while our writers do go on to apply to MFA programs, and they do publish books, and I also want to celebrate the work that all requires. Here are some of the books that are out in the first part of 2026 by our writers from diff eras. 5/7
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Olga Zilberbourg@bowlga
Jun 5
San Francisco Writers Workshop is celebrating our 80th anniversary this year. According to lore, the workshop was started by two female poets in 1946 in the aftermath of WWII, and has been meeting every Tuesday night somewhere in San Francisco ever since. 1/7
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Olga Zilberbourg@bowlga
May 27
SF/Bay Area writers and hackers: Come out on June 12 to celebrate our community and raise funds for everyone's favorite local makerspace: @noisebridge! With Samantha Shields, Aaron Lee, Savannah Mandella, @L_Abhyankar, John "Jaune" Hanig, and Jiyoung Han! #bookish #events 1/4
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Deep Vellum@DeepVellum
May 26
Happy publication day to the updated paperback edition of Andrey Kurkov’s DIARY OF AN INVASION, brilliant and harrowing reporting from Ukraine in the early days of Russia’s invasion.
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San Francisco, lotta literary magic for you tonight!
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Katya Cengel@kcengel
May 26
Very glad @UnivNebPress asked me to read this memoir by Natalie Oceanheart on the war in Ukraine. Also glad I met @bowlga and @YelenaFurman at a reading on post Soviet writers thanks to @SashaVasilyuk Now you can read an interview with Natalie here puncturedlines.com/2026/05/2…
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Natalya Sukhonos's third collection of poems, SUNLIGHT TRAPPED IN STONE (Green Writers Press) is the subject of her conversation with fellow immigrant poet from Odesa, Ukraine, Valerie Bandura. Read on PuncturedLines.com.
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Shelly Sanders ✡️@Shelly_Sanders
Apr 28
Happy #bookbirthday #daughtersoftheoccupation It’s been four years since this seminal book, inspired by the discovery of my Latvian-Jewish roots was published! On November 10, my third novel will be published by HarperCollins!
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Will Evans@willevans
Apr 28
Your donations bring the literary world together, from Dallas to the world & back again, the best international writers, all the literary programming, we do this together!
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Apr 28
67% of our goal with 3 days to go — we so deeply appreciate your support. We are a non-profit publisher, and every cent we receive goes to supporting our day-to-day operations and sustaining our project for years to come. If you can, you give here: northtexasgivingday.org/orga…
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