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.
Listen to it anywhere you get your podcasts!
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Deaf Republic by Ilya Kaminsky and Delicious Hunger by Hai Fan
Podcast Episode · The Slavic Literature Pod · 09/16/2025 · 1h 20m
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September 16, 2025 at 4:50 PM
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Delicious Hunger takes the opposite perspective, telling the stories of guerilla fighters for the Malaysian Communist Party from the 70's to the 80's.
Hai Fan, a former guerilla himself, tells their stories with a deft tenderness for the people and moments between combat.
Hai Fan, a former guerilla himself, tells their stories with a deft tenderness for the people and moments between combat.
September 16, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Delicious Hunger takes the opposite perspective, telling the stories of guerilla fighters for the Malaysian Communist Party from the 70's to the 80's.
Hai Fan, a former guerilla himself, tells their stories with a deft tenderness for the people and moments between combat.
Hai Fan, a former guerilla himself, tells their stories with a deft tenderness for the people and moments between combat.
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For Your Consideration: War Diary by Yevgenia Belorusets & The Time of Doves by Merce Rodoreda
Podcast Episode · The Slavic Literature Pod · 08/29/2025 · 1h 11m
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September 3, 2025 at 8:45 PM
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Lucky Breaks, in particular, blurs this line, depicting stories of women's lives and struggles in the Donbas region at war -- prior to Russia's full-scale invasion.
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Lucky Breaks by Yevgenia Belorusets & The Things They Carried by Tim O'Brien
Podcast Episode · The Slavic Literature Pod · 08/08/2025 · 1h 13m
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August 8, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Lucky Breaks, in particular, blurs this line, depicting stories of women's lives and struggles in the Donbas region at war -- prior to Russia's full-scale invasion.
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Alindarka's Children by Alhierd Bacharevič & Ceremony by Leslie Marmon Silko
Podcast Episode · The Slavic Literature Pod · 07/18/2025 · 2h 4m
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July 18, 2025 at 6:53 PM
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In one novel, we have two Belarusian children on a folkloric-like journey; in the other, we have a Native American WW2 veteran struggling with PTSD. Both explore how they and their communities adapt--or sometimes fail to adapt.
(Photo credit to Jula Cimafiejeva)
(Photo credit to Jula Cimafiejeva)
July 18, 2025 at 6:53 PM
In one novel, we have two Belarusian children on a folkloric-like journey; in the other, we have a Native American WW2 veteran struggling with PTSD. Both explore how they and their communities adapt--or sometimes fail to adapt.
(Photo credit to Jula Cimafiejeva)
(Photo credit to Jula Cimafiejeva)
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Europe Central by William T. Vollmann & Norwegian Wood by Haruki Murakami
Podcast Episode · The Slavic Literature Pod · 06/27/2025 · 1h 4m
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July 2, 2025 at 10:41 PM
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It's a long one, so you have my apologies! Get the episode anywhere you listen to your podcasts.
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Tolstoy, Rasputin, Others, and Me by Teffi & In The Lake of the Woods by Tim O'Brien
Podcast Episode · The Slavic Literature Pod · 06/13/2025 · 1h 50m
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June 13, 2025 at 8:56 PM
It's a long one, so you have my apologies! Get the episode anywhere you listen to your podcasts.
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The Story of Sonechka by Marina Tsvetaeva (w/ Inessa Fishbeyn and C. D. C. Reeve)
Podcast Episode · The Slavic Literature Pod · 06/06/2025 · 2h 9m
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June 6, 2025 at 5:55 PM
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The Moscoviad by Yuri Andrukhovych (w/ Dr. Vitaly Chernetsky)
Podcast Episode · The Slavic Literature Pod · 05/02/2025 · 1h 22m
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May 2, 2025 at 7:08 PM
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I Live I See by Vsevolod Nekrasov (w/ trans. Bela Shayevich and Dr. Ainsley Morse)
Podcast Episode · The Slavic Literature Pod · 04/21/2025 · 1h 44m
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April 23, 2025 at 5:29 AM
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And you can follow Yaroslav here: @barsukov.com
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Sleeping Worlds Have No Memory by Yaroslav Barsukov (w/ the author himself)
Podcast Episode · The Slavic Literature Pod · 04/04/2025 · 1h 24m
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April 4, 2025 at 5:27 PM
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And you can follow Yaroslav here: @barsukov.com
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