Conversation with Dmitry Kovalenin, translator of Haruki Murakami “Gorky” continues to talk about the tradition of literary translation in Russia. This time Valeria Davydova-Kalashnik talked with translator Dmitry Kovalenin, thanks to whom in the 2000s everyone read the novels of the Japanese writer Haruki Murakami. All of us, since February 24, 2022, have found ourselves in the face of advancing barbarism, violence and lies.

About Hannah Arendt's book "Men in Dark Times" Ad Marginem has published a new edition of Hannah Arendt's famous book "People in Dark Times" - a collection of essays dedicated to her contemporaries, poets, writers, thinkers and political figures who defended humanistic values ​​in those years when it seemed a completely futile exercise. Anton Prokopchuk talks about what this book can teach us today.

Excerpt from Igor Kuzmichev’s book “Eccentrics of the City of Leningrad” The St. Petersburg publishing house DA has published a small book by Igor Kuzmichev, dedicated to unofficial Leningrad writers, artists and musicians, the names of most of whom are completely unknown to the general public. We are publishing an essay about the poet Alik Rivin. All of us, since February 24, 2022, have found ourselves in the face of advancing barbarism, violence and lies.

On socialist realist feminism by Dorothy Hewett How many Australian writers, especially female ones, do you know who are pro-communist and advocate feminist values? Gleb Kolondo accidentally became acquainted with the work of one of these writers - or rather, female writers - thanks to the book “The Spindle Turns” by Dorothy Hewett found in a trash heap and hastened to share his discovery with the readers of Gorky.

In memory of Olga Morozova A few days ago, Olga Morozova, the founder of the book publishing house at Nezavisimaya Gazeta, and subsequently the independent publishing house that bore her name, died. The publisher of Gorky and co-founder of the Phalanster bookstore Boris Kupriyanov remembers her, her journey and the books she published. All of us, since February 24, 2022, have found ourselves in the face of advancing barbarism, violence and lies.