Monthly Archives: March 2012

Arkadii Dragomoshchenko and Alternative Paths in Contemporary Russian Poetry

A special forum on “Arkadii Dragomoshchenko and Alternative Paths in Contemporary Russian Poetry,” edited by Evgeny Pavlov, has just been published in the latest issue of the Slavic and East European Journal. It is wonderful to see this renewed attention … Continue reading

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Large-Scale Literary Studies

On 30 March, I’m speaking on one of a series of panels on “The Theoretical Possibilities of Large-Scale Literary Studies” organized by Jing Tsu and Eric Hayot at the 2012 American Comparative Literature Association conference in Providence, RI. I’m very … Continue reading

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A talk on A Common Strangeness

I gave a talk on A Common Strangeness at the University of Otago last week. An mp3 recording of that talk is now available for download here. Amongst other things, I discuss Dmitri Prigov’s video performance piece Rossiia (Russia), which … Continue reading

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Poetry Communities and the Individual Talent

The program for the conference “Poetry Communities & the Individual Talent” hosted by the Kelly Writers House and the University of Pennsylvania is now online here. It promises to be a great conference. Speakers include Maria Damon, Craig Dworkin, Brian … Continue reading

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