Category Archives: Publications

I came across a quote today by Italo Calvino that is so wonderfully illustrative of the problem writers often face in constructing a story, that I’d like to share it with you. It occurs in a lecture he prepared for … Continue reading →

Here I am, up at 6:15 in the morning, thinking about history. Where’s the justice in that? Back in the days when I taught Russian History, I used a textbook written by Nicholas Riasanovsky, called simply A History of Russia. … Continue reading →

I just finished reading The Great Gatsby. “So what?” you think, or “Don’t you mean, re-reading The Great Gatsby?” Thus I have felt gently chided by a few of my more literate friends. But, for sure, I was reading Gatsby … Continue reading →

My first novel, Wounded by History, is scheduled to come out next month. It’s been a long wait, and even though things seem to be going well at the moment, it’s still a nail-biter. It’s hard to describe my internal … Continue reading →

Great news! You can now read an excerpt from my novel, Wounded by History, which is scheduled to be published by Cantarabooks on June 1. One chapter from the novel is being excerpted in the online literary magazine, Cantaraville, first … Continue reading →

Welcome! Bienvenidos! Dobro pozhalovat’! Well, that exhausts my languages, so I’d better move on to something else. This moment is very exciting to me. Why? Did I always dream of having a blog? Not exactly.