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Discussion of Adrian Tchaikovsky’s excellent Children of Time and Children of Ruin, and why modern culture tends to minimize the real presence…

Once a year, I have the privilege of taking part in a concert series in Pennsylvania that is fast becoming a high…

What secondary belief has to do with good writing. And how it can help you navigate the dangerous world of Russian fairy…

Reviews of Story of Your Life by Ted Chiang, Laurus by Eugene Vodolazkin, and The Fitz and the Fool by Robin Hobb,…

It’s been a while since I’ve posted anything about Russian culture or history on my blog. There have been lots of good…

You know we all love them–those fantasy books we read as kids. Those fairy tales that stuck with us all day and…