Chtenia 23: Summer 2013

[Paul Richardson]

Announcing the publication of Summer 2013 issue of Chtenia (#23).

The theme for this quarter's issue of Chtenia is "Women Writing" and includes a diverse and powerful collection of writings by modern Russian women, curated by Olga Kuzmina. 

"The fact that Russia’s young female writers began to address the subject of the country’s deplorable orphanage conditions long before the 2012 Russian adoption ban, or to explore the reverberations of violence in the North Caucasus far in advance of the April 2013 Boston attacks, points to the increasing relevance of contemporary Russian women’s writing to the American audience." {From the introduction} 

CONTENTS
15: There is No Night KSENIA BUKSHA 
:: Translation by Anne O. Fisher

26: Several Positions MARIA STEPANOVA 
:: Translation by Sibelan Forrester 

29: The Women of Lazarus MARINA STEPNOVA 
:: Translation by Polly Gannon 

37: Leningrad Directory of Writers at the Front POLINA BARSKOVA 
:: Translation by Catherine Ciepiela 

51: Children of the Underground LUDMILA ULITSKAYA 
:: Translation by Bela Shayevich 

61: Cabiria of the Bypass Canal MARINA PALEI 
:: Translation by Thomas Oles 

81: Two Poems AIGERIM TAZHI 
:: Translation by J. Kates 

83: The Smoker MARIAM PETROSYAN 
:: Translation by Andrew Bromfield 

99: Little Green Men TATIANA SHCHERBINA 
:: Translation by J. Kates 

101: Prisoner of the Caucasus YULIA YUZHIK 
:: Translation by Deborah Hoffman 

112: Inventory of Things Left Behind LIANA ALAVERDOVA 
:: Translation by Lydia Razran Stone 

115: The Wenceslas Monument POLINA KLYUKINA 
:: Translation by Deborah Hoffman 

122: Without Names ELIZAVETA ALEKSANDROVA-ZORINA 
:: Translation by Lisa Hayden 

Chtenia, founded in 2008, is a quarterly journal of Russian readings, both fiction and nonfiction. Each issue has a theme around which that issue's readings revolve. An annual subscription is $35 in the US and $43 internationally. Back issues are available for $10 plus s&h. 

For more information, visit: http://chtenia.com

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