Bradley Gorski
@bgorski.bsky.social
Literature and capitalism, esp in Russia. Prof at Georgetown. Erstwhile union organizer.
Happy to see the @newyorker.com got the description right. We’re in the middle of an outright assault on Higher Ed.
Trump’s vindictive and illegal campaigns to destroy the best of our society are not “crackdowns,” they’re assaults, attacks, onslaughts.
Trump’s vindictive and illegal campaigns to destroy the best of our society are not “crackdowns,” they’re assaults, attacks, onslaughts.
October 15, 2025 at 11:45 PM
Happy to see the @newyorker.com got the description right. We’re in the middle of an outright assault on Higher Ed.
Trump’s vindictive and illegal campaigns to destroy the best of our society are not “crackdowns,” they’re assaults, attacks, onslaughts.
Trump’s vindictive and illegal campaigns to destroy the best of our society are not “crackdowns,” they’re assaults, attacks, onslaughts.
Totally normal headline
September 7, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Totally normal headline
Someone asked me why I seemed less depressed after Friday than after other recent events and I think this is it: Zelenskyy did what I have been waiting for ANY US politician to do. And it honestly gave me some hope.
March 1, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Someone asked me why I seemed less depressed after Friday than after other recent events and I think this is it: Zelenskyy did what I have been waiting for ANY US politician to do. And it honestly gave me some hope.
To be fair, with equal evidence, I assumed it was because a lush is in charge at the pentagon and all government employees (including FAA) are scared for their livelihoods.
January 30, 2025 at 6:31 PM
To be fair, with equal evidence, I assumed it was because a lush is in charge at the pentagon and all government employees (including FAA) are scared for their livelihoods.
I made a book!
It’s about the wild Russian book industry as the Soviet Union fell; it’s got interviews with authors, publishers, and critics, close readings and bestseller stats—all while showing how capitalism emptied out Russian culture and how it might be coming for us next.
It’s about the wild Russian book industry as the Soviet Union fell; it’s got interviews with authors, publishers, and critics, close readings and bestseller stats—all while showing how capitalism emptied out Russian culture and how it might be coming for us next.
January 26, 2025 at 12:47 AM
I made a book!
It’s about the wild Russian book industry as the Soviet Union fell; it’s got interviews with authors, publishers, and critics, close readings and bestseller stats—all while showing how capitalism emptied out Russian culture and how it might be coming for us next.
It’s about the wild Russian book industry as the Soviet Union fell; it’s got interviews with authors, publishers, and critics, close readings and bestseller stats—all while showing how capitalism emptied out Russian culture and how it might be coming for us next.
I have $200 to spend at Cambridge University Press. What should I get?
Self-promotion welcome!
Self-promotion welcome!
December 2, 2024 at 12:49 PM
I have $200 to spend at Cambridge University Press. What should I get?
Self-promotion welcome!
Self-promotion welcome!
Heading to #ASEEES in Boston in a couple of days! Anyone going to be there?
Friday at 1:30, I’ll be chairing a discussion of our book Red Migrations (tinyurl.com/mwdj88)
Sunday at 8am, I’ll be helping to launch the New Cambridge History of Russian Literature (tinyurl.com/5h7sy9ew).
Friday at 1:30, I’ll be chairing a discussion of our book Red Migrations (tinyurl.com/mwdj88)
Sunday at 8am, I’ll be helping to launch the New Cambridge History of Russian Literature (tinyurl.com/5h7sy9ew).
November 20, 2024 at 3:34 AM
Heading to #ASEEES in Boston in a couple of days! Anyone going to be there?
Friday at 1:30, I’ll be chairing a discussion of our book Red Migrations (tinyurl.com/mwdj88)
Sunday at 8am, I’ll be helping to launch the New Cambridge History of Russian Literature (tinyurl.com/5h7sy9ew).
Friday at 1:30, I’ll be chairing a discussion of our book Red Migrations (tinyurl.com/mwdj88)
Sunday at 8am, I’ll be helping to launch the New Cambridge History of Russian Literature (tinyurl.com/5h7sy9ew).
I picked up AS Byatt’s Possession without knowing anything about it. Started reading. And: what was going on in the 1980s that literary books about books and scholars could be bestsellers? Like what were we going through as a culture?
November 20, 2024 at 3:20 AM
I picked up AS Byatt’s Possession without knowing anything about it. Started reading. And: what was going on in the 1980s that literary books about books and scholars could be bestsellers? Like what were we going through as a culture?