Polly Gannon

Polly Gannon holds a PhD in Russian Literature from Cornell University and is past Director of Cultural Studies at the New York-St Petersburg Institute of Linguistics, Cognition and Culture.

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Essays & MemoirEssays & Memoir | Issue 149

Essays & Memoir | Issue 149

Ludmila Ulitskaya | On Europe

Ludmila Ulitskaya

‘It seems clear to me that during the past ten years, Russia has reached the apex of its estrangement from Europe.’ Translated from the Russian by Polly Gannon.

Essays & MemoirEssays & Memoir | Issue 143

Essays & Memoir | Issue 143

Root and Branch

Sana Valiulina

‘I am my father’s daughter, a former prisoner of war and “suspicious person” who spent ten years in the Gulag.’ Translated from the Russian by Polly Gannon.