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A reader of my first attempt at writing a novel noticed that I seemed to be obsessed with the idea of American exceptionalism….

Earlier this week, I translated an excerpt from a wonderful essay by Ivan Ilyin. Although sometimes his language verges on the kind…

What do you think is the most common essay title in the history of literature? I don’t know. But if I were…

(Translated from the July 2016 issue of Foma. Here’s the link to the original Russian article) The Ostromir Gospels is the oldest…

Earlier this week, I shared a blog post about the amazing things Russians Tsars did on Christmas day. It struck me as…

I’ve always loved good, old-fashioned pageantry. In my novels, I try to include moments of it, since it’s not something authors nowadays…