papa (first and foremost) / author of novel TWO BIG DIFFERENCES / lecturer @ualbanywci / nonfiction editor @asymptotejrnl / русскоязычный / учень української
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Ian Ross Singleton retweeted
Our Nonfiction Editor @singleton_ian is hosting the launch of a new poetry collection, Мис доброї надії / Cape of Good Hope, by Antonina Tymchenko, a prizewinning poet from Kharkiv, Ukraine.
The event will be hybrid—those interested can register here: tinyurl.com/2y3ar95z
Ian Ross Singleton retweeted
"Imagining Ukraine." Join us Monday, Sept. 9, for a conversation with Dmitry Bykov and Ian Singleton at UAlbany. nyswritersinstitute.org/
#Ukraine #dmitrybykov #russia
ALT "Imagining Ukraine" event on Monday, Sept. 9, at UAlbany
Ian Ross Singleton retweeted
"Hoffman had to translate a Ukrainian particularity into an American one. This task shows the power at the core of the art of translation."
From this month's feature, "Rebirth in the Ash Heap of istoriya," by @singleton_ian: full-stop.net/2024/08/29/fea….
Ian Ross Singleton retweeted
"History appears to happen in these . . . domestic places and often has to do with small and domestic feelings such as everyday anger."
—From @singleton_ian's essay on Olena Stiazhkina's CECIL THE LION HAD TO DIE (@HURI_Harvard), tr. by Dominique Hoffman: tinyurl.com/zyxfcdry
Ian Ross Singleton retweeted
Part 4 of 5 - More #TranslatingUkraine Summer Institute Award Recipients! Shout out to Marta Gosovska, Tetiana Savchynska/@TSavchynska, Ian Ross Singleton/@singleton_ian, & Larissa Babij/@AKindOfRefugee.
@KolegiumWroclaw @NewEastEurope @ShevchenkoSoc @unwlacya @razomforukraine
ALT Graphic of Marta Gosovska, Tetiana Savchynska, Ian Ross Singleton, and Larissa Babij.
Ian Ross Singleton retweeted
#BookTwitter What does it mean to belong? Who belongs where? From Odesa, USSR to San Francisco, CA to New York City, two generations discuss two big differences, real and fictional, thanks to @singleton_ian's novel.
youtu.be/3xqvZ_LK1K8
Ian Ross Singleton retweeted
My father just informed me that "two big differences" is a very common #Odesa expression. I didn't know that. I assume @singleton_ian knew that. Now you know it, too.
youtu.be/3xqvZ_LK1K8 #amreading #Ukraine
Ian Ross Singleton retweeted
What does it mean to belong? Who belongs where? From Odesa, USSR to San Francisco, CA to New York City, two generations discuss two big differences, real and fictional, thanks to @singleton_ian's novel. Check out what my daughter and I have to say at:
youtu.be/3xqvZ_LK1K8
Ian Ross Singleton retweeted
Just finished filming the first half of Season Two for "Explaining the #USSR To My Kid - Through Books." Look forward to us discussing works by @SashaVasilyuk, Yuliya Patsay, Nina Kossman, @singleton_ian and more starting at the end of March.
Ian Ross Singleton retweeted
💝Thank you so much to @singleton_ian for sharing the first episode of Интерес (Interes), a U.S.-based Russophone podcast!
🐘If you’d like to listen to this Russophone podcast, go to: bit.ly/3EQZfmB
☂️To purchase a copy of the book, go to: bit.ly/RBooksTIE
Ian Ross Singleton retweeted
I don't like Žižek, but his texts about Ukraine are much better than what many other left-wing intellectuals write. Nevertheless, even his texts show that he doesn't know details known to almost every Ukrainian. In particular, his recent article...
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Ian Ross Singleton retweeted
What do you get when you combine species from the animal kingdom with stories on the complexities of human nature—all the while written in languages the author was “imperfect” in?
Look to Vasily Eroshenko’s The Narrow Cage and Other Modern Fairy Tales: bit.ly/3mMVh94
Ian Ross Singleton retweeted
HOORAY for our twelfth anniversary issue, out now! 🎉
We’re throwing a party and we hope you’ll come mingle with guests like César Aira and Geetanjali Shree! Enjoy a great sampling of Korean literature amid new work from 34 countries and spread the word!👇asymptotejournal.com/jan-202…
Ian Ross Singleton retweeted
“White characters in 'Sinking Bell' are usually from working-class backgrounds, more or less adjacent to the backgrounds of the Indigenous Americans in the stories.” @singleton_ian ponders Bojan Louis’s debut story collection. lareviewofbooks.org/article/…
Ian Ross Singleton retweeted
“Even the coyote or skunk in the trickster myth is only temporarily satisfying an enduring hunger.” @singleton_ian reviews Bojan Louis’s debut story collection “Sinking Bell.” lareviewofbooks.org/article/…
Ian Ross Singleton retweeted
“My name is Karen. 2018. Summer. Mexico City. Last year in December they murdered a woman named Karen.”
The name Karen connotes something else altogether in Mexico, something much more ominous: Femicide. tinyurl.com/3b5fdw95
Ian Ross Singleton retweeted
16yo oleh vovk met russian invasion in his native mariupol. after shelling on march 12 he rushed with his dad to put out the fire at neighbors house. russians used their favorite “double tap” tactic and shelled the same place again, murdering oleh and his dad
Ian Ross Singleton retweeted
Want to know what our team is up to these days?
From essays about dark humor to translations of graphic novels to book reviews, our members are busy doing great things. For more updates from the Asymptote crew:
@samdapanas7 @AGarcia507
bit.ly/3EEY22z
Ian Ross Singleton retweeted
With the last native speaker of Medny Aleut passing away recently, the future of one of Russia’s indigenous languages looks uncertain.
Discover more about the history of Aleut and what can be done to preserve it: bit.ly/3sBSeA2
