Thrilled for our #AWP2026 panel, "Memory as Borderland in Immigrant Narratives: The Refuge & Burden of Remembering," on March 6th at 10:35AM in Room 329 (Level 300). I'll share insights with the amazing Lana Spendl, Samrat Upadhyay, Marianne Villanueva, and Olga Zilberbourg. Can't wait to see you! 🤗

2025 Books by Post-Soviet Authors 2025 is going to be a big year for books written by immigrant authors hailing from the Soviet Union who now call North America home. Since 2021, I’ve kept a running list of books coming out from ou…

Please welcome @puncturedlines.bsky.social s.bsky.social, a feminist blog that @yelenafurman.bsky.social and I started together, focusing on Post-Soviet literature by writers in and outside the Former Soviet Union.

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Thank you so much, dear Katya, for everything 😘

Thank you so much, Olga ❤️

Honored to talk to Tom Wilmer about my writing journey, my novels, and how I strive to create a more tolerant and hopeful world in fiction. Tune in to his award winning show Journeys of Discovery can bring you peace and joy during the difficult times 🤗💜

So grateful to Cai Emmons @RedHenPress & Aimee Liu for the tremendous honor. My new novel OASIS is a love story set in modern China from 1976 to 1992 amidst climate change, & my personal oasis for well over a decade of writing, in addition to parenting, caregiving, & working as an engineer ✍️