The Slavic Literature Pod
@slaviclitpod.bsky.social
Your shelf-help guide to the Slavic canon.
Hosted by Cameron Lallana, founded in blood, sweat, and tears with Matt Gerasimovich.
New episodes Fridays 2x/month.
Hosted by Cameron Lallana, founded in blood, sweat, and tears with Matt Gerasimovich.
New episodes Fridays 2x/month.
A little late, but out today: The latest For Your Consideration explores Ilya Kaminsky's Deaf Republic and Hai Fan's Delicious Hunger.
"THE PEOPLE ARE DEAF," declares Sonya's sign in the face of occupying soldiers, as Deaf Republic explores how the town of Vasenka resists them.
"THE PEOPLE ARE DEAF," declares Sonya's sign in the face of occupying soldiers, as Deaf Republic explores how the town of Vasenka resists them.
September 16, 2025 at 4:50 PM
A little late, but out today: The latest For Your Consideration explores Ilya Kaminsky's Deaf Republic and Hai Fan's Delicious Hunger.
"THE PEOPLE ARE DEAF," declares Sonya's sign in the face of occupying soldiers, as Deaf Republic explores how the town of Vasenka resists them.
"THE PEOPLE ARE DEAF," declares Sonya's sign in the face of occupying soldiers, as Deaf Republic explores how the town of Vasenka resists them.
Hey, did you catch it?
My latest For Your Consideration continues Yevgenia Belorusets' reflections on Ukraine under war in "War Diary," plus a detour into Barcelona to explore a women's life through the Spanish Civil War in Mercè Rodoreda's "The Time of Doves."
My latest For Your Consideration continues Yevgenia Belorusets' reflections on Ukraine under war in "War Diary," plus a detour into Barcelona to explore a women's life through the Spanish Civil War in Mercè Rodoreda's "The Time of Doves."
September 3, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Hey, did you catch it?
My latest For Your Consideration continues Yevgenia Belorusets' reflections on Ukraine under war in "War Diary," plus a detour into Barcelona to explore a women's life through the Spanish Civil War in Mercè Rodoreda's "The Time of Doves."
My latest For Your Consideration continues Yevgenia Belorusets' reflections on Ukraine under war in "War Diary," plus a detour into Barcelona to explore a women's life through the Spanish Civil War in Mercè Rodoreda's "The Time of Doves."
Out today! For your consideration: Lucky Breaks by Yevgenia Belorusets and The Things They Carried by Tim O'Brien.
Both collections document the stories of people in war -- in Ukraine and in Vietnam -- guiding their readers with a blend of fact and fiction.
Both collections document the stories of people in war -- in Ukraine and in Vietnam -- guiding their readers with a blend of fact and fiction.
August 8, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Out today! For your consideration: Lucky Breaks by Yevgenia Belorusets and The Things They Carried by Tim O'Brien.
Both collections document the stories of people in war -- in Ukraine and in Vietnam -- guiding their readers with a blend of fact and fiction.
Both collections document the stories of people in war -- in Ukraine and in Vietnam -- guiding their readers with a blend of fact and fiction.
Out today! For Your Consideration: Alindarka's Children by Alhierd Bacharevič and Ceremony by Leslie Marmon Silko.
Both novels tackle the problems of people native to a land that is now hostile to them, in one way or another.
Both novels tackle the problems of people native to a land that is now hostile to them, in one way or another.
July 18, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Out today! For Your Consideration: Alindarka's Children by Alhierd Bacharevič and Ceremony by Leslie Marmon Silko.
Both novels tackle the problems of people native to a land that is now hostile to them, in one way or another.
Both novels tackle the problems of people native to a land that is now hostile to them, in one way or another.
Psst -- did you miss it?
A new For Your Consideration, looking back on some books that have profoundly influenced my life.
We'll go from the beautiful prose of William T. Vollmann's Europe Central to complicated memories in Haruki Murakami's Norwegian Wood.
A new For Your Consideration, looking back on some books that have profoundly influenced my life.
We'll go from the beautiful prose of William T. Vollmann's Europe Central to complicated memories in Haruki Murakami's Norwegian Wood.
July 2, 2025 at 10:41 PM
Psst -- did you miss it?
A new For Your Consideration, looking back on some books that have profoundly influenced my life.
We'll go from the beautiful prose of William T. Vollmann's Europe Central to complicated memories in Haruki Murakami's Norwegian Wood.
A new For Your Consideration, looking back on some books that have profoundly influenced my life.
We'll go from the beautiful prose of William T. Vollmann's Europe Central to complicated memories in Haruki Murakami's Norwegian Wood.
Out Today: A new sub-series I'm called "For Your Consideration," solo episodes covering books I think are worth reading.
We're tackling creative license on your own life in Teffi's Tolstoy, Rasputin, Others, and Me -- plus Tim O'Brien's In the Lake of the Woods.
We're tackling creative license on your own life in Teffi's Tolstoy, Rasputin, Others, and Me -- plus Tim O'Brien's In the Lake of the Woods.
June 13, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Out Today: A new sub-series I'm called "For Your Consideration," solo episodes covering books I think are worth reading.
We're tackling creative license on your own life in Teffi's Tolstoy, Rasputin, Others, and Me -- plus Tim O'Brien's In the Lake of the Woods.
We're tackling creative license on your own life in Teffi's Tolstoy, Rasputin, Others, and Me -- plus Tim O'Brien's In the Lake of the Woods.
Out Today: Inessa Fishbeyn and C. D. C. Reeve joined me to talk about Marina Tsvetaeva's The Story of Sonechka.
Tsvetaeva's book recalls her relationship with the actress Sonia Holliday, opening questions about memory, how we see each other, and Tsvetaeva's queer relationships.
Tsvetaeva's book recalls her relationship with the actress Sonia Holliday, opening questions about memory, how we see each other, and Tsvetaeva's queer relationships.
June 6, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Out Today: Inessa Fishbeyn and C. D. C. Reeve joined me to talk about Marina Tsvetaeva's The Story of Sonechka.
Tsvetaeva's book recalls her relationship with the actress Sonia Holliday, opening questions about memory, how we see each other, and Tsvetaeva's queer relationships.
Tsvetaeva's book recalls her relationship with the actress Sonia Holliday, opening questions about memory, how we see each other, and Tsvetaeva's queer relationships.
Out Today: I sat down with Dr. Vitaly Chernetsky to talk about Ukrainian writer Yuri Andrukhovych's magical realist novel The Moscoviad.
We chatted about how colonized people experience imperial core, the so-called friendship of peoples, and how Andrukhovych subverts machismo.
We chatted about how colonized people experience imperial core, the so-called friendship of peoples, and how Andrukhovych subverts machismo.
May 2, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Out Today: I sat down with Dr. Vitaly Chernetsky to talk about Ukrainian writer Yuri Andrukhovych's magical realist novel The Moscoviad.
We chatted about how colonized people experience imperial core, the so-called friendship of peoples, and how Andrukhovych subverts machismo.
We chatted about how colonized people experience imperial core, the so-called friendship of peoples, and how Andrukhovych subverts machismo.
Out now: I sat down with Ainsley Morse and Bela Shayevich to talk about I Live I See, poems by Vsevolod Nekrasov that they collected and translated.
Tune in to hear us talk about his minimalist, repetitious style and an unusual first: a poem delivered by snapping.
Tune in to hear us talk about his minimalist, repetitious style and an unusual first: a poem delivered by snapping.
April 23, 2025 at 5:29 AM
Out now: I sat down with Ainsley Morse and Bela Shayevich to talk about I Live I See, poems by Vsevolod Nekrasov that they collected and translated.
Tune in to hear us talk about his minimalist, repetitious style and an unusual first: a poem delivered by snapping.
Tune in to hear us talk about his minimalist, repetitious style and an unusual first: a poem delivered by snapping.
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This gofundme supports a UBC international student who is trying to finish her degree and needs some financial help to pay tuition. Please read and consider supporting! www.gofundme.com/f/help-an-in...
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April 23, 2025 at 12:11 AM
This gofundme supports a UBC international student who is trying to finish her degree and needs some financial help to pay tuition. Please read and consider supporting! www.gofundme.com/f/help-an-in...
Out Today: I sat down with Yaroslav Barsukov to talk about his book Sleeping Worlds Have No Memory.
We chatted about his deployment of personal and national memory, metaphorical resurrection, and how Barsukov complicates his themes.
Get it anywhere you listen to podcasts!
We chatted about his deployment of personal and national memory, metaphorical resurrection, and how Barsukov complicates his themes.
Get it anywhere you listen to podcasts!
April 4, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Out Today: I sat down with Yaroslav Barsukov to talk about his book Sleeping Worlds Have No Memory.
We chatted about his deployment of personal and national memory, metaphorical resurrection, and how Barsukov complicates his themes.
Get it anywhere you listen to podcasts!
We chatted about his deployment of personal and national memory, metaphorical resurrection, and how Barsukov complicates his themes.
Get it anywhere you listen to podcasts!
Out today: Don your cherkeska and round up the horses, we're talking Leo Tolstoy's Hadji Murat.
I sat down with Dr. Tatyana Gershkovich to chat about the book, Tolstoy's conceptions of art, and her book, Art in Doubt.
Listen to the episode wherever you get your podcasts!
I sat down with Dr. Tatyana Gershkovich to chat about the book, Tolstoy's conceptions of art, and her book, Art in Doubt.
Listen to the episode wherever you get your podcasts!
March 21, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Out today: Don your cherkeska and round up the horses, we're talking Leo Tolstoy's Hadji Murat.
I sat down with Dr. Tatyana Gershkovich to chat about the book, Tolstoy's conceptions of art, and her book, Art in Doubt.
Listen to the episode wherever you get your podcasts!
I sat down with Dr. Tatyana Gershkovich to chat about the book, Tolstoy's conceptions of art, and her book, Art in Doubt.
Listen to the episode wherever you get your podcasts!
Out today: I chatted with Baqytgul Sarmekova about her translation of Baqytgul Sarmekova's To Hell with Poets.
Our conversation covers Sarmekova's portrayal of Kazakh society, how she tangles with violence and disappointment, and its tentative hopefulness.
Our conversation covers Sarmekova's portrayal of Kazakh society, how she tangles with violence and disappointment, and its tentative hopefulness.
March 7, 2025 at 7:08 AM
Out today: I chatted with Baqytgul Sarmekova about her translation of Baqytgul Sarmekova's To Hell with Poets.
Our conversation covers Sarmekova's portrayal of Kazakh society, how she tangles with violence and disappointment, and its tentative hopefulness.
Our conversation covers Sarmekova's portrayal of Kazakh society, how she tangles with violence and disappointment, and its tentative hopefulness.
Out Today: I sat down with Philip J. Metres and Dimitri Psurtsev to chat about Arseny Tarkovsky's poems in I Burned at the Feast.
Tune in to hear about his work, his relationship to Anna Akhmatova/Marina Tsvetaeva, and his relationship to his son, Andrei Tarkovsky.
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Tune in to hear about his work, his relationship to Anna Akhmatova/Marina Tsvetaeva, and his relationship to his son, Andrei Tarkovsky.
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February 21, 2025 at 8:23 AM
Out Today: I sat down with Philip J. Metres and Dimitri Psurtsev to chat about Arseny Tarkovsky's poems in I Burned at the Feast.
Tune in to hear about his work, his relationship to Anna Akhmatova/Marina Tsvetaeva, and his relationship to his son, Andrei Tarkovsky.
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Tune in to hear about his work, his relationship to Anna Akhmatova/Marina Tsvetaeva, and his relationship to his son, Andrei Tarkovsky.
tinyurl.com/slaviclitpod
Out today: I sat down with Dominique Hoffman to speak about Olena Stiazhkina's Cecil the Lion had to Die.
The novel follows four Ukrainian families over several decades, touching on identify formation, relationships, mental health, and the war.
Find it wherever you get your podcasts!
The novel follows four Ukrainian families over several decades, touching on identify formation, relationships, mental health, and the war.
Find it wherever you get your podcasts!
February 7, 2025 at 8:45 AM
Out today: I sat down with Dominique Hoffman to speak about Olena Stiazhkina's Cecil the Lion had to Die.
The novel follows four Ukrainian families over several decades, touching on identify formation, relationships, mental health, and the war.
Find it wherever you get your podcasts!
The novel follows four Ukrainian families over several decades, touching on identify formation, relationships, mental health, and the war.
Find it wherever you get your podcasts!
Comrade Reader,
As the Slavic Literature Pod nears the completion of its Gosplan-approved five year plan, we have a fairly large change to announce: Our podcast, as it was, is going on hiatus. It’s not exactly gone either, though, so let us explain.
As the Slavic Literature Pod nears the completion of its Gosplan-approved five year plan, we have a fairly large change to announce: Our podcast, as it was, is going on hiatus. It’s not exactly gone either, though, so let us explain.
December 20, 2024 at 2:13 PM
Comrade Reader,
As the Slavic Literature Pod nears the completion of its Gosplan-approved five year plan, we have a fairly large change to announce: Our podcast, as it was, is going on hiatus. It’s not exactly gone either, though, so let us explain.
As the Slavic Literature Pod nears the completion of its Gosplan-approved five year plan, we have a fairly large change to announce: Our podcast, as it was, is going on hiatus. It’s not exactly gone either, though, so let us explain.
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I created a thing! It is definitely missing people - if you are a person who should be on it, pls let me know! go.bsky.app/8HazBeR
November 26, 2024 at 5:37 AM
I created a thing! It is definitely missing people - if you are a person who should be on it, pls let me know! go.bsky.app/8HazBeR
Me opening up Bluesky after not posting for ten months
November 14, 2024 at 3:16 PM
Me opening up Bluesky after not posting for ten months
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Starting off the @slaviclitpod.bsky.social chapter-a-day read of Grossman’s Life and Fate. It’s right up my philosophical alley from chapter one. “Everything living is unique. […] Life dies out wherever violence tries to erase its originality and particularities.”
January 1, 2024 at 5:26 PM
Starting off the @slaviclitpod.bsky.social chapter-a-day read of Grossman’s Life and Fate. It’s right up my philosophical alley from chapter one. “Everything living is unique. […] Life dies out wherever violence tries to erase its originality and particularities.”
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I'm permanent-inking this in my schedule (hark at me! I do not have a schedule) for next year. I'll most likely only lurk but I want to get started already!
Here might be a good place to mention that next year we will be running a chapter a day read along for Vasily Grossman’s Life and Fate!
More info here: slaviclitpod.com/lifeandfate24
More info here: slaviclitpod.com/lifeandfate24
December 23, 2023 at 5:15 PM
I'm permanent-inking this in my schedule (hark at me! I do not have a schedule) for next year. I'll most likely only lurk but I want to get started already!
JANUARY ON THE SLAVIC LITERATURE POD!
If you're excited about what's coming, please consider supporting us this December: slaviclitpod.com/sos
If you're excited about what's coming, please consider supporting us this December: slaviclitpod.com/sos
December 3, 2023 at 1:32 PM
JANUARY ON THE SLAVIC LITERATURE POD!
If you're excited about what's coming, please consider supporting us this December: slaviclitpod.com/sos
If you're excited about what's coming, please consider supporting us this December: slaviclitpod.com/sos
SAVE OUR SHOW!
To help us shoulder the costs of running our show, this December we are launching the SAVE OUR SHOW pledge drive. If you love this show and want to help keep it ad-free, please consider becoming a monthly supporter on our website.
slaviclitpod.com/sos
To help us shoulder the costs of running our show, this December we are launching the SAVE OUR SHOW pledge drive. If you love this show and want to help keep it ad-free, please consider becoming a monthly supporter on our website.
slaviclitpod.com/sos
December 1, 2023 at 10:16 PM
SAVE OUR SHOW!
To help us shoulder the costs of running our show, this December we are launching the SAVE OUR SHOW pledge drive. If you love this show and want to help keep it ad-free, please consider becoming a monthly supporter on our website.
slaviclitpod.com/sos
To help us shoulder the costs of running our show, this December we are launching the SAVE OUR SHOW pledge drive. If you love this show and want to help keep it ad-free, please consider becoming a monthly supporter on our website.
slaviclitpod.com/sos
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Okay, count me in. Already have my yellowing 2010 edition on hand; will get the Chandler translation before January... Something for the winter season ahead
November 18, 2023 at 2:24 AM
Okay, count me in. Already have my yellowing 2010 edition on hand; will get the Chandler translation before January... Something for the winter season ahead
This week, Matt and Cameron wrap up Mikhail Bulgakov’s Soviet-era masterpiece The Master and Margarita, covering chapters 26 to the epilogue.
Major themes: Comedy in translation, Ivan as creative process, PG shootouts for Americans
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Major themes: Comedy in translation, Ivan as creative process, PG shootouts for Americans
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The Master and Margarita (chs. 26-epilogue) by Bulgakov
Major themes: Comedy in translation, Ivan as creative process, PG shootouts for Americans
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November 17, 2023 at 4:33 PM
This week, Matt and Cameron wrap up Mikhail Bulgakov’s Soviet-era masterpiece The Master and Margarita, covering chapters 26 to the epilogue.
Major themes: Comedy in translation, Ivan as creative process, PG shootouts for Americans
slaviclitpod.com/the-master-a...
Major themes: Comedy in translation, Ivan as creative process, PG shootouts for Americans
slaviclitpod.com/the-master-a...
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I’m in, this may be my one chance to make it all the way through Life and Fate.
Here might be a good place to mention that next year we will be running a chapter a day read along for Vasily Grossman’s Life and Fate!
More info here: slaviclitpod.com/lifeandfate24
More info here: slaviclitpod.com/lifeandfate24
November 1, 2023 at 3:53 AM
I’m in, this may be my one chance to make it all the way through Life and Fate.