Annie Fisher
@affisher.bsky.social
Resident wound care expert, chauffeur, cat feeder. Married to the inimitable Derek Mong. Translator of Olena Stiazhkina, AIex Averbuch, Ilf and Petrov, Ksenia Buksha, Ilya Danishevsky, Shura Burtin, Sigizmund Krzhizhanovsky... read more at anneofisher.com
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@affisher.bsky.social makes her television debut talking about Pioneer Summer. And she bloody killed it! Watch below.
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"Pioneer Summer" Translator Anne O. Fisher Shares Story Behind Gay Romance Novel
Kateryna Sylvanova and Elena Malisova’s star-crossed gay romance is a #1 bestselling TikTok sensation that took readers by storm, made international news, and c
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July 22, 2025 at 7:13 PM
@affisher.bsky.social makes her television debut talking about Pioneer Summer. And she bloody killed it! Watch below.
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Hey y'all, I was just on the tee-vee! Many thanks to host Helen Raptis and the team at AM Northwest, the Pacific Northwest's favorite morning show, for having me on to talk about Elena Malysova and Kateryna Sylvanova's smash hit #pioneersummer! Watch it here: katu.com/amnw/am-nort...
"Pioneer Summer" Translator Anne O. Fisher Shares Story Behind Gay Romance Novel
Kateryna Sylvanova and Elena Malisova’s star-crossed gay romance is a #1 bestselling TikTok sensation that took readers by storm, made international news, and c
katu.com
July 22, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Hey y'all, I was just on the tee-vee! Many thanks to host Helen Raptis and the team at AM Northwest, the Pacific Northwest's favorite morning show, for having me on to talk about Elena Malysova and Kateryna Sylvanova's smash hit #pioneersummer! Watch it here: katu.com/amnw/am-nort...
Thank you to fellow translator @monikacassel.bsky.social for sharing this pic of #pioneersummer on the shelf at @powells.bsky.social! Can't wait for the reading at Powell's on Hawthorne this July 22nd. And here is Monika herself, adding the book to her collection! 😍 🎉
July 4, 2025 at 12:35 AM
Thank you to fellow translator @monikacassel.bsky.social for sharing this pic of #pioneersummer on the shelf at @powells.bsky.social! Can't wait for the reading at Powell's on Hawthorne this July 22nd. And here is Monika herself, adding the book to her collection! 😍 🎉
Hey folks! 🎉 Thrilled to share that poetry by @bjsoloy.bsky.social, an essay by Raymond McDaniel, and a novel excerpt by Jeremy Grimshaw are all live and ready to go on @atlengthmag.bsky.social! Drop by and be mesmerized! 🥳 🎈
July 3, 2025 at 10:49 PM
Hey folks! 🎉 Thrilled to share that poetry by @bjsoloy.bsky.social, an essay by Raymond McDaniel, and a novel excerpt by Jeremy Grimshaw are all live and ready to go on @atlengthmag.bsky.social! Drop by and be mesmerized! 🥳 🎈
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And you can find one of our new poets, @bjsoloy.bsky.social, here on BlueSky
July 2, 2025 at 3:46 PM
And you can find one of our new poets, @bjsoloy.bsky.social, here on BlueSky
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At Length's July issue is now live, with a long poem from BJ Soloy, an essay on Micronauts by Raymond McDaniel, and "The Dreams and Damnation of Bishop Koyle," a novel excerpt by Jeremy Grimshaw! 1/2
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July 2, 2025 at 3:44 PM
At Length's July issue is now live, with a long poem from BJ Soloy, an essay on Micronauts by Raymond McDaniel, and "The Dreams and Damnation of Bishop Koyle," a novel excerpt by Jeremy Grimshaw! 1/2
www.atlengthmag.com
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Thank you to @sophianguyen.bsky.social of the @washingtonpost.com for her excellent interview with #pioneersummer coauthors Elena Malisova and Kateryna Sylvanova!
“Then the book went out into the big world,” Malisova said, “and we discovered things were really way worse than we thought.”
“Then the book went out into the big world,” Malisova said, “and we discovered things were really way worse than we thought.”
Two friends wrote a gay romance — and had to flee Russia
“Pioneer Summer,” by Elena Malisova and Kateryna Sylvanova, which sparked a backlash amid a government crackdown, is now available in English
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June 22, 2025 at 2:31 AM
Thank you to @sophianguyen.bsky.social of the @washingtonpost.com for her excellent interview with #pioneersummer coauthors Elena Malisova and Kateryna Sylvanova!
“Then the book went out into the big world,” Malisova said, “and we discovered things were really way worse than we thought.”
“Then the book went out into the big world,” Malisova said, “and we discovered things were really way worse than we thought.”
Hey Chicago! Come see me read from #pioneersummer tomorrow night at City Lit Books, in conversation with the rad and talented Ali Kinsella!
June 19, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Hey Chicago! Come see me read from #pioneersummer tomorrow night at City Lit Books, in conversation with the rad and talented Ali Kinsella!
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Opinion | Here’s What’s Happening in America, in Six (Mostly) Russian Terms
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June 10, 2025 at 4:21 PM
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Oh, this is sweet and hilarious and will never happen again: Annie and I had the #2 and #5 best-selling books in Oklahoma last week, based on four bookstores in the state.
I guess that reading in Tulsa was worth it! Thanks @bdralyuk.bsky.social.
I guess that reading in Tulsa was worth it! Thanks @bdralyuk.bsky.social.
June 5, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Oh, this is sweet and hilarious and will never happen again: Annie and I had the #2 and #5 best-selling books in Oklahoma last week, based on four bookstores in the state.
I guess that reading in Tulsa was worth it! Thanks @bdralyuk.bsky.social.
I guess that reading in Tulsa was worth it! Thanks @bdralyuk.bsky.social.
Thrilled for #pioneersummer pub day today! Congrats to the coauthors Elena Malisova and Kateryna Sylvanova ❤️🎉 and deepest thanks to Ruby Pucillo, Taryn Roeder, @abbymuller.bsky.social, @zackknoll.bsky.social, Jamison Stoltz, and the rest of the Abrams team for making this such a fantastic book.
June 3, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Thrilled for #pioneersummer pub day today! Congrats to the coauthors Elena Malisova and Kateryna Sylvanova ❤️🎉 and deepest thanks to Ruby Pucillo, Taryn Roeder, @abbymuller.bsky.social, @zackknoll.bsky.social, Jamison Stoltz, and the rest of the Abrams team for making this such a fantastic book.
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“WHO YOU CALLING A BUNCH OF PANSIES?!?”
June 3, 2025 at 12:51 PM
“WHO YOU CALLING A BUNCH OF PANSIES?!?”
Calling All Translators! @atlengthmag.bsky.social is open for translation submissions in June and July 2025! Read up on our submission guidelines below and reach out to translations@atlengthmag.com if you have any questions. Looking forward to reading your work!
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Submissions
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June 2, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Calling All Translators! @atlengthmag.bsky.social is open for translation submissions in June and July 2025! Read up on our submission guidelines below and reach out to translations@atlengthmag.com if you have any questions. Looking forward to reading your work!
atlengthmag.com/submissions/
atlengthmag.com/submissions/
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We're opening up submissions for translations in June and July! And we've even got a snazzy new email for you to send
'em to: translations@atlengthmag.com.
Submission guidelines below. @affisher.bsky.social is excited to read your work!
atlengthmag.com/submissions/
'em to: translations@atlengthmag.com.
Submission guidelines below. @affisher.bsky.social is excited to read your work!
atlengthmag.com/submissions/
Submissions
atlengthmag.com
June 2, 2025 at 3:57 PM
We're opening up submissions for translations in June and July! And we've even got a snazzy new email for you to send
'em to: translations@atlengthmag.com.
Submission guidelines below. @affisher.bsky.social is excited to read your work!
atlengthmag.com/submissions/
'em to: translations@atlengthmag.com.
Submission guidelines below. @affisher.bsky.social is excited to read your work!
atlengthmag.com/submissions/
Hey Tulsa! Come hear me read from #Pioneersummerbook (by Kateryna Sylvanova and Elena Malisova) with @derekmong.bsky.social (reading his own poetry) hosted by @bdralyuk.bsky.social! Much gratitude to the Tulsa Artists Fellowship and Magic City Books for their support and organization.
Forbidden Love in Dark Times
Forbidden Love in Dark Times: A Reading by Poet Derek Mong and Translator Anne O. Fisher, Introduced by Tulsa Artist Fellow Boris Dralyuk
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May 23, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Hey Tulsa! Come hear me read from #Pioneersummerbook (by Kateryna Sylvanova and Elena Malisova) with @derekmong.bsky.social (reading his own poetry) hosted by @bdralyuk.bsky.social! Much gratitude to the Tulsa Artists Fellowship and Magic City Books for their support and organization.
Here's the Eksmo list of books to be destroyed (source: www.rbc.ru/society/15/0...)
May 17, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Here's the Eksmo list of books to be destroyed (source: www.rbc.ru/society/15/0...)
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Longtime distribution director of Eksmo, Russia’s leading publishing house, and staff at Popcorn Books and Individuum detained in Russia after targeted raids. They face “extremist” charges over books in a literary crackdown. Here’s what you need to know:
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Publishing purges. Russian law enforcement arrests prominent book publishers in “extremism” raids
Among the detained are distribution director at Eksmo as well as employees of Popcorn Books and Individuum
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May 14, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Longtime distribution director of Eksmo, Russia’s leading publishing house, and staff at Popcorn Books and Individuum detained in Russia after targeted raids. They face “extremist” charges over books in a literary crackdown. Here’s what you need to know:
en.zona.media/article/2025...
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Nearly a dozen employees of Eksmo Publishing House were reportedly arrested and questioned by the police on Wednesday.
Police Arrest Publishing House Staff Over Alleged LGBTQ+ Books - The Moscow Times
Law enforcement authorities searched the offices of Russia’s largest book publisher and arrested several employees over alleged LGBTQ+ “propaganda” and “extremism,” Russian media and rights groups rep...
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May 15, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Nearly a dozen employees of Eksmo Publishing House were reportedly arrested and questioned by the police on Wednesday.
RF persecution of LGBTQ+ people must stop. The arrests, targeting, and repressions must stop. Hoping the publishers are soon released and all charges dropped. (PS. For an excellent analysis of how the RF ended up the way it is, read #sofioksanen's Same River Twice: Putin's War On Women.)
Police Arrest Publishing House Staff Over Alleged LGBTQ+ Books - The Moscow Times
Law enforcement authorities searched the offices of Russia’s largest book publisher and arrested several employees over alleged LGBTQ+ “propaganda” and “extremism,” Russian media and rights groups rep...
www.themoscowtimes.com
May 16, 2025 at 3:15 PM
RF persecution of LGBTQ+ people must stop. The arrests, targeting, and repressions must stop. Hoping the publishers are soon released and all charges dropped. (PS. For an excellent analysis of how the RF ended up the way it is, read #sofioksanen's Same River Twice: Putin's War On Women.)
Hi Tulsa! I'm reading from Pioneer Summer #pioneersummerbook and Derek is reading from When The Earth Flies Into the Sun on May 23rd at #GITWIT. Thanks to the #tulsaartistfellowship and Boris Dralyuk for inviting us! Love to read in my hometown!
May 15, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Hi Tulsa! I'm reading from Pioneer Summer #pioneersummerbook and Derek is reading from When The Earth Flies Into the Sun on May 23rd at #GITWIT. Thanks to the #tulsaartistfellowship and Boris Dralyuk for inviting us! Love to read in my hometown!
DIY cardboard-box tray holding original and my draft translation side-by-side? Check. Two screens so I can enter edits on the big screen and look things up on the small screen? Check. Colorful fountain pens? Check. Cat? Check. Ready for another day of editing the sequel to #PioneerSummerBook!
April 21, 2025 at 1:26 PM
DIY cardboard-box tray holding original and my draft translation side-by-side? Check. Two screens so I can enter edits on the big screen and look things up on the small screen? Check. Colorful fountain pens? Check. Cat? Check. Ready for another day of editing the sequel to #PioneerSummerBook!
Just interpreted yesterday for [insert name of journalist to be revealed soon]'s interview with #PioneerSummerBook coauthors Elena Malisova and Kateryna Sylvanova. Very glad to see this good attention coming their way! #PioneerSummerBook is out from Abrams on June 3.
April 17, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Just interpreted yesterday for [insert name of journalist to be revealed soon]'s interview with #PioneerSummerBook coauthors Elena Malisova and Kateryna Sylvanova. Very glad to see this good attention coming their way! #PioneerSummerBook is out from Abrams on June 3.
Olena and I area also doing an event at Tomorrow Bookstore in Indianapolis on Thursday, October 24, if you can't make the one on Lafayette on the 25th! www.eventbrite.com/e/author-tal...
Author Talk: Olena Stiazhkina on "Ukraine, War, Love - A Donetsk Diary"
Author Olena Stiazhkina with be in conversation with translator Anne O. Fisher on her book "Ukraine, War, Love: A Donetsk Diary"
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October 17, 2024 at 12:27 PM
Olena and I area also doing an event at Tomorrow Bookstore in Indianapolis on Thursday, October 24, if you can't make the one on Lafayette on the 25th! www.eventbrite.com/e/author-tal...
@lizoksbooks.bsky.social Hi friends, please share widely! I am hosting Ukrainian writer Olena Stiazhkina at Tomorrow Bookstore in Indianapolis on Oct. 24th and at Second Flight Books in Lafayette on Oct. 25th. A treat and an honor. Thanks to Razom for Ukraine for sponsoring Olena's book tour!
October 16, 2024 at 8:19 PM
@lizoksbooks.bsky.social Hi friends, please share widely! I am hosting Ukrainian writer Olena Stiazhkina at Tomorrow Bookstore in Indianapolis on Oct. 24th and at Second Flight Books in Lafayette on Oct. 25th. A treat and an honor. Thanks to Razom for Ukraine for sponsoring Olena's book tour!