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Marina Tsvetaeva: where to start with her literature

Marina Tsvetaeva: where to start with her literature

The books that defined David Bowie’s love of Eastern Europe

The books that defined David Bowie’s love of Eastern Europe

Lines of resistance: Kazakhstan’s poets face the aftermath of protest

Lines of resistance: Kazakhstan’s poets face the aftermath of protest

‘To have power you need guts:’ writer-in-exile Ak Welsapar on resistance in Turkmenistan

‘To have power you need guts:’ writer-in-exile Ak Welsapar on resistance in Turkmenistan

‘I had the courage to work at the very root of evil:’ 3 poems by Romanian poet Mariana Marin

‘I had the courage to work at the very root of evil:’ 3 poems by Romanian poet Mariana Marin

What to read in 2022: 10 books from Eastern Europe to embrace the world more closely

What to read in 2022: 10 books from Eastern Europe to embrace the world more closely

‘No enemies, only survivors:’ Bosnia’s star writer, Faruk Šehić, on rivers, war and a borderless world

‘No enemies, only survivors:’ Bosnia’s star writer, Faruk Šehić, on rivers, war and a borderless world

‘Feelings can occupy the resistance:' 2 Latvian poems by Ligija Purinaša and Katrīna Rudzīte

‘Feelings can occupy the resistance:’ 2 Latvian poems by Ligija Purinaša and Katrīna Rudzīte

The Books of Jacob by Olga Tokarczuk — ambitious, daring, encyclopaedic

The Books of Jacob by Olga Tokarczuk — ambitious, daring, encyclopaedic

‘The sun rises like a knife:’ 2 poems by Latvian poet Agnese Rutkēviča

‘The sun rises like a knife:’ 2 poems by Latvian poet Agnese Rutkēviča

Letter from Chernivtsi: Ukraine’s ultimate literary capital

Letter from Chernivtsi: Ukraine’s ultimate literary capital

Learning Russian: The Calvert Journal’s ultimate cultural guide

Learning Russian: The Calvert Journal’s ultimate cultural guide

Olga Tokarczuk: how I wrote The Books of Jacob

Olga Tokarczuk: how I wrote The Books of Jacob

Reclaiming the legacy of Anna Bunina, Russia’s first woman poet

Reclaiming the legacy of Anna Bunina, Russia’s first woman poet

Chekhov on screen: 6 unmissable film adaptations

Chekhov on screen: 6 unmissable film adaptations

9 radical Polish books to add to your reading list

9 radical Polish books to add to your reading list

‘My heart stood still in a distant motel:’ 6 contemporary Polish poems

‘My heart stood still in a distant motel:’ 6 contemporary Polish poems

‘Here you can listen to the sound of Wi-Fi:’ 2 poems by Latvian poet Elvira Bloma

‘Here you can listen to the sound of Wi-Fi:’ 2 poems by Latvian poet Elvira Bloma

Witty and frank: Wislawa Szymborska’s book How to Start Writing (and When to Stop) | Calvert Reads

Witty and frank: Wislawa Szymborska’s book How to Start Writing (and When to Stop) | Calvert Reads

Miroslav Krleža: where to start with Croatia’s most famous writer

Miroslav Krleža: where to start with Croatia’s most famous writer