A conversation with two outstanding translators, about Tolstoy and so much more.

With the spread of censorship and book bans, new forms of distributing underground literature are emerging.

Russians react to the demolition of a monument to the famous writer in Kyiv.

A new translation of works by Vasily Grossman that are as powerful as they are essential to read.

Russia's pro-war books are heavily promoted, but publishers say readers are not rushing to buy them.

Spring burns of Russian fields are both common and tragic.

Two wonderful new books on getting lost and found. 

A new federal law introduced on March 1 might change the way books, including classic Russian titles, are distributed.

A review of A Hundred Years of Childhood: An Anthology of Russian Writing for Children, 1917-2017,  by Olga Bukhina & Kelly Herold & Andrea Lanoux

In Russia, censored pages are sparking underground libraries, secret book clubs, and quiet acts of literary resistance.

A review of Alexander Voloshin's Sidetracked: Exile in Hollywood, translated by Boris Dralyuk.

Reviewing a new volume of Chekhov's earliest work, on the writer's 166th birthday.