Writing
in English
- RAAM Essay about Russia
- The Rumpus Interview with Julia Phillips
- Southern Humanities Review Summer Break, a short story
- LA Review of Books War, Perpetuated: On Sasha Vasilyuk’s "Your Presence Is Mandatory"
- Newsweek Op-ed about book bans in Russia
- Newsweek Op-ed about the death of Navalny
- The Evergreen Review Essay about Sorokin and why Russian literature isn't more interesting
- The Independent Essay about living under Putin's regime
- The Rumpus Q&A with writer Beth Morgan
- Punctured Lines Interview with poet and writer Maria Stepanova
- The Rumpus Q&A with writer Megan Cummins
- Punctured Lines Interview with author Anna Starobinets
- Meduza Soviet-born writers who made it big in the U.S.
- Catapult Interview with writer Lynn Steger Strong
- The Rumpus Interview with author Ivy Pochoda
- The Rumpus Interview with writer Lara Vapnyar
- Punctured Lines Interview with writer Tatsiana Zamirovskaya
in Russian
Since Russia's invasion of Ukraine, many independent Russian publications have closed, so some of the links on this page may not work.
- Meduza A report from Brighton Beach
- Meduza Podcast about Brighton Beach
- Unost Short Story "Kirill"
- INACHE Short Story "Solyony Ogurets"
- Meduza The Story of Russian Samovar
- Snob Essay on trying to find an apartment in NYC
- Russian Pioneer Essay about premonition
- Storyport Essay about the aughts
- Papawillcall On becoming a writer
- Snob Feature on the Truman Capote Trust
- Meduza Soviet-born writers who made it big in the U.S.
- Batenka, you're a transformer New York City during the pandemic
- Batenka, you're a transformer Profile of artist Noah Kalina
- The Blueprint Rem Koolhaas at Guggenheim
- Afisha Interview with poet Bakhyt Kenjeev
- Afisha Interview with publisher Matvei Yankelevich
- Afisha Interview with writer Natalya Chervinskaya
- Afisha Interview with Nina Khruscheva
- Afisha Interview with writer Alex Stessin
- Afisha Interview with lawyer Yekaterina Tyagai
- Afisha Interview with author Julia Phillips
- Vogue Interview with singer Charlotte Gainsbourg
- Vogue Profile of designer Dapper Dan
- Vogue Interview with artist Alexandre Kosolapov
- Vogue Profile of artist Cai Guo-Qiang
- Vogue Interview with designer Tommy Hilfiger
- Glamour Traveling in Thailand
- ОК! Interview with Helen Mirren
- Afisha World Seattle — the northern capital
- Ptyuch fiction: "Sun" part 1
- Ptyuch fiction: "Sun" part 2
- Ptyuch fiction: "Atheists' Club"