Linda Kinstler

Articles

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  The Altar of Oblivion: On Maria Stepanova’s “In Memory of Memory”

  Linda Kinstler ponders “In Memory of Memory,” a book-length essay by the Russian poet Maria Stepanova, translated by Sasha Dugdale.

  Linda KinstlerMar 9, 2021

  • Memoir

  • Translation

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  “Deflected by This Bitter Era”: On Olga Livshin’s “A Life Replaced” and Olga Zilberbourg’s “Like Water and Other Stories”

  Linda Kinstler finds a resonance between “A Life Replaced” by Olga Livshin and “Like Water and Other Stories” by Olga Zilberbourg.

  Linda KinstlerJan 11, 2020

  • Fiction

  • Poetry

  • Translation

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  “Why Did You Survive?”: On Yevsey Tseytlin’s “Long Conversations in Anticipation of a Joyous Death”

  Linda Kinstler listens in on “Long Conversations in Anticipation of a Joyous Death” by Yevsey Tseytlin, translated from the Russian by Alexander...

  Linda KinstlerSep 7, 2019

  • Memoir

  • Nonfiction

  • Translation

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  “Tell Me How to Get to Babi Yar”: On Katja Petrowskaja’s “Maybe Esther: A Family Story”

  Linda Kinstler contemplates “Maybe Esther: A Family Story” by Katja Petrowskaja.

  Linda KinstlerMar 7, 2018

  • Memoir

  • Translation

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  To Petrify Time: On Grigory Kanovich’s “Shtetl Love Song” and Sergey Kanovich’s Lost Shtetl Project

  Linda Kinstler considers two Lithuanian Jewish memorial endeavors, Grigory Kanovich's novel “Shtetl Love Song” and his son Sergey’s “Lost Shtetl”...

  Linda KinstlerJan 3, 2018

  • Cultural Studies

  • Fiction

  • Memoir

  • Translation

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  Navahrudak’s Native Sons: A Report from the Kushners’ Belarusian Homeland

  Linda Kinstler reports from Navahrudak, Belarus, a town with a deep history and a link to the Trump administration.

  Linda KinstlerSep 6, 2017

  • Nonfiction

  • Politics and Economics

  • Translation

• Unwieldy and Inescapable

  Linda Kinstler on Postmemory and David Bezmozgis’s “The Betrayers”

  Linda KinstlerOct 1, 2014