Russian literary news and awards — i.e. winners and runners-up of Russia’s Big Book Award – at Lizok’s Bookshelf.
Curiosities
Russian Literary News
By Sonya Chung posted at 9:38 am on November 30, 2009 1
E-mail
Reddit
StumbleUpon
Support the Millions
subscribe to our RSS feed
become a fan on Facebook
Sonya Chung is a staff writer for The Millions. She is the author of the novel Long for This World (Scribner 2010). Her stories, reviews, & essays have appeared in The Threepenny Review, Crab Orchard Review, Sonora Review, FiveChapters, and Tin House Magazine, among others. She is a recipient of a Pushcart Prize nomination, the Charles Johnson Fiction Award, the Bronx Council on the Arts Writers' Fellowship & Residency, and a MacDowell Colony Fellowship. She is a faculty member in the Creative Writing Program at Columbia University. You can learn more about Sonya and her work at www.sonyachung.com.
Don't miss: A Year in Reading 2012,
2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005
Best of the Millennium; Readers' List
A new way to browse The Millions! Books and Reviews
Bookmark these links to stay on top of the hottest books:
Hot 100 | Awards | Movers & Shakers | Bargain Books | Kindle Bestsellers
Subscribe to RSS feeds for new releases: Literary fiction (for Kindle) | Biography | Graphic Novels | Food | History | Nonfiction | Science | Travel | New Release RSS Feeds for Movies, Music and More
2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005
Best of the Millennium; Readers' List
A new way to browse The Millions! Books and Reviews
Bookmark these links to stay on top of the hottest books:
Hot 100 | Awards | Movers & Shakers | Bargain Books | Kindle Bestsellers
Subscribe to RSS feeds for new releases: Literary fiction (for Kindle) | Biography | Graphic Novels | Food | History | Nonfiction | Science | Travel | New Release RSS Feeds for Movies, Music and More
More From Curiosities
- Longreads.edu May 19, 2013
- With Very Small Font, Of Course May 19, 2013
- “The Book Was Better.” Or Was It? May 19, 2013
- New Lorrie Moore on the Way May 19, 2013
- Hard Choices May 19, 2013
- View All
Other Recent Articles
- Capturing the Complexities of Time & Place: Ru Freeman May 17, 2013
- Judging Luhrmann’s Gatsby: Five English Scholars Weigh In May 17, 2013
- The Museum of Unhappy Women: Z by Therese Anne Fowler May 16, 2013
- Up Shit Creek, Sans Paddle: On David Waltner-Toews’s The Origin of Feces May 16, 2013
- You Can’t Repeat the Past, Old Sport: On Leo, Baz, Gatsby, and Me May 15, 2013
- View All
Recent Comments
- fred says "That the director might have used earlier texts and drafts seems silly. After all, a draft is not what the author finally..."Judging Luhrmann’s Gatsby: Five English Scholars Weigh In
- Ilana Masad says "I loved this essay and the way you describe the evolution of a relationship with a writer and a writer’s work, the coming to..."Still Merry and Bright? Rethinking Henry Miller
- Catherine Al-Meten says "Great article, and sound advice. Finding our style of writing…by that I mean whether we’re a one-project at a time..."Ask the Writing Teacher: A Spork in the Road
- Michael Bates says "Didn’t we all wish she would make that call!"Judging Luhrmann’s Gatsby: Five English Scholars Weigh In
- Kirk Curnutt says "Ha, no problem, Joe. All in good fun. Hope I didn’t sound too snotty
I apologize if I did. And thanks,..."Judging Luhrmann’s Gatsby: Five English Scholars Weigh In
at 11:39 am on November 30, 2009
Thank you for noting this, Sonya. The Russian Booker winner will be announced this week, too, so it really feels like Russian literary award season!