Linda Kinstler is a writer and PhD candidate in Rhetoric at UC Berkeley
CONTRIBUTOR ARTICLES
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....
“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....
“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 Rojavin....
“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....
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” project....
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....
Unwieldy and Inescapable
Linda Kinstler on Postmemory and David Bezmozgis’s “The Betrayers”...
