Yelena Furman

Yum.
Gelato and AWP! Beats grading papers (my activity at the moment).🤣😭

I once ate ice cream in Moscow during the winter that I stood in line for outside, no less (on or near Red Square, iirc). Never again (not just b/c in Moscow), but had to be tried once. Enjoy!

Thanks, but it was in December, and I only just read the book. I realize that wasn't totally clear from my post.

Thank you @olgaz.bsky.social for this birthday gift, which I've just finished (and yes, your gift is going to be shamefully late, but you already knew that).

The (not so) idyllic pre-revolution days and turbulent post-revolution times of a young woman in Baku. Very recommended.

It's been a long time coming...part two of Andrei Platonov's Chevengur, covering chapters 25-43, is out today!
As we finally arrive in the town of Chevengur, nearly 250 pages in, we go from picaresque romp to the dirty work of actually building the Soviet state.

No longer tomorrow, but today -- in New Orleans:

I know this event will be amazing - enjoy and post photos afterward!
P.S. Writing or avoiding student papers; who's to say? 😉

Join us tomorrow in Baltimore! It's going to be an incredible night.

Today! I'll be at UCLA's writing workshop, but if you're in Baltimore, you should be here. Listen to phenomenal writers, like @olgaz.bsky.social, @vladateper.bsky.social, et al. and support Ukraine. (Registration link in the event description.)

Tomorrow!

Can't WAIT to be a part of this amazing reading in Baltimore next Friday--join us!

Yesterday I wrote #PostcardsToVoters with my in person group & then on zoom! Thursday are for writing! Join us! PostcardsToVoters.org. Writing for Wisconsin Senate has been really important in previous years. They’ve upheld voting rights and reproductive rights. Help us reach more voters!

A collage of book covers

Background: Blue with a black X in the lower right corner Foreground: Words in black read : Resistance + Reinvention Words in Yellow Read: Eastern European Voices March 6, 7:00-9:30 pm Library Nineteen 606 S. Ann St, Baltimore MD, 21231 Words in white read : A benefit reading for Ukraine Words in white read:This one-of-a-kind reading brings together writers from Eastern Europe and the post-Soviet countries who now make their homes across the United States. Taking place during the 2026 AWP Conference, the event celebrates a growing circle of poets, prose writers, and translators from complex, cross-cultural identities whose work is shaped by displacement and immigration, survival and resilience. Featuring Words in white read: Alina Adams, Valerie Bandura, Svetlana Binshtok, Daniel Blokh, Katie Farris, Katarzyna Jakubiak, Victoria Juharyan, Andrea Jurjevic, Ilya Kaminsky, Julia Kolchinsky, Maria Kuznetsova, Ellen Litman, Olga Livshin, olga mikolaivna, Asya Partan, Irina Reyn, Ena Selimović, Lucy Silbaugh, Lana Spendl, Alina Stefanescu, Natalya Sukhonos, Vlada Teper, Katherine E. Young, Tatsiana Zamirovskaya, Olga Zilberbourg, and Lena Zycinsky.

How beautiful are these book covers! In Baltimore next week? Don't miss his one-of-a-kind reading that brings together poets, prose writers, and translators from Eastern Europe and the post-Soviet countries who now make their homes across the United States.

Next week!!

So proud to be part of this! Join us in Baltimore on March 6!

More #PostcardsToVoters for Judge Chris Taylor for WI Supreme Court. We have helped with winning these seats in previous years and it has been very fruitful for voting rights & reproductive rights. Join us! PostcardsToVoters.org

Read more about this upcoming March 6 Reading in Baltimore on Punctured Lines! @puncturedlines.bsky.social

Excited to be partnering with @bergstrombookstore.bsky.social for this upcoming Reading and Benefit for Ukraine in Baltimore on March 6th! @puncturedlines.bsky.social

Register on Eventbrite - free to attend: www.eventbrite.com/e/eastern-eu...

Can't wait for this incredible event in Baltimore! Please join us if you can! Read more about it below. And register on Eventbrite.

LINK to register: www.eventbrite.com/e/eastern-eu...

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Eastern European Voices for Resistance and Reinvention When: March 6, 7:00 pm Where: Library Nineteen606 S. Ann St, Baltimore MD, 21231 *** Please register on Eventbrite *** This one-of-a-kind reading brings together writers from Eastern Europe an…

Just take a look at all the bios here. We're an impressive bunch.

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Diary of an Invasion By Andrey Kurkov Paperback introduction by Christopher Miller Winner of the NBCC Gregg Barrios Book in Translation Prize for Grey Bees One of the most important Ukrainian voices throughout the…

Pre-order it here: buff.ly/zFax6Um

DIARY OF AN INVASION, by journalist and novelist Andrey Kurkov (author of GREY BEES), will soon be available in paperback -- featuring a new introduction from Christopher Miller, chief Ukraine correspondent for the Financial Times!

I wish I could be there, as this has the feel of our phenomenal event in LA last year. If you're going to AWP or are anywhere near Baltimore, go hear all these amazing writers like @olgaz.bsky.social, @vladateper.bsky.social, and more, and of course support Ukraine.

Absolutely delighted to be part of this AWP reading is support of Ukraine! Check out who's joining us!

Baltimore -- take note!

Background: Blue with a black X in the lower right corner Foreground: Words in yellow read : Resistance + Reinvention Words in black read : Eastern European Voices Words in white read: March 6, 7:00-9:30 pm Library Nineteen 606 S. Ann St, Baltimore MD, 21231

Background: Yellow Foreground: Words in black read: This one-of-a-kind reading brings together writers from Eastern Europe and the post-Soviet countries who now make their homes across the United States. Taking place during the 2026 AWP Conference, the event celebrates a growing circle of poets, prose writers, and translators from complex, cross-cultural identities whose work is shaped by displacement and immigration, survival and resilience.

Background: Black Foreground: Words in white read: More essential than ever, nuanced storytelling is our compass toward understanding and community. Writing from and beyond histories marked by authoritarianism and censorship, the authors center free expression, creative freedom, and democratic dialogue. Through stories of reinvention, loss, and belonging, we build cultural and intergenerational bridges, reclaiming the power of connection and voice. Words in yellow read: This event is a fundraiser for Ukraine

Background: Blue Foreground: Word in yellow reads: Featuring Words in white read: Valerie Bandura, Svetlana Binshtok, Daniel Blokh, Katie Farris, Katarzyna Jakubiak, Victoria Juharyan, Andrea Jurjevic, Ilya Kaminsky, Julia Kolchinsky, Maria Kuznetsova, Ellen Litman, Olga Livshin, olga mikolaivna, Asya Partan, Irina Reyn, Ena Selimović, Lucy Silbaugh, Alina Sivorinovsky Wickham, Lana Spendl, Alina Stefanescu, Natalya Sukhonos, Vlada Teper, Katherine E. Young, Tatsiana Zamirovskaya, Olga Zilberbourg, and Lena Zycinsky.

Baltimore, get ready! This one-of-a-kind reading brings together writers from Eastern Europe who now make their homes across the United States. We're coming together during #AWP26 to share our work in support of Ukraine.
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Ha! I didn't know about that book in particular (thank you; I feel in good company now), but it's really true about we can read the same book really differently at different ages.

I hated it when we read it in 9th grade; I was putting my hand to my forehead and intoning the protagonists' names to underscore how melodramatic I found it. Had to read it again for a class senior year of college, where it turned out to be my favorite book from that course.

From yesterday: 1) One of my favorite buildings in Santa Monica.
2) Columbia U, where I've neither applied nor worked, sent me a letter, to my parents' address, informing its employees that there had been a data breach. Maybe, again, because someone else has my same first and last name.

Definitely the most literary support of Ukraine I've ever seen (the outside had the trident; random (?) food place, Santa Monica, CA).