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Dwelling in the Promised Land as a Russian

Posted on April 3, 2022 by Scott Abbott

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This week, World Literature Today posted a transcript of a conversation with Russian/American Julia Nemirovskaya and the translator of her poetry Boris Drakyuk. Julia is my former colleague at BYU and my friend. José Vergara introduces the two poets (interviewed … Continue reading →

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Dreams and Puzzles and Power

Posted on June 12, 2016 by Scott Abbott

During the night I kept waking up to a puzzle that I then set about to solve. The problem was clear. The solutions were there, I knew they were, but they kept slipping away. I have been reading Greg Prince’s new … Continue reading →

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