In September 2023, poet Galina Rymbu writes a post on social media. The text moves between Omsk and Lviv and is an attempt to make visible how identities are created and reformulated in relation to...

Poetry and photography may at first glance seem like completely different forms of art. However, we often speak of poetry as something that conveys images. And poetry and photography have the...

To regional officials and entrepreneurs, the relatively unknown linguistic and ethnic diversity within the Russian Federation is a great resource. Travel agencies use enticing terms like “northern...

The Russian imperial politics have throughout history limited the Kalmyk culture, from the early oral epos “Dzjangar” to contemporary poetry. In this lyrical essay by Dordzhi Dzhaldzhireev, it’s clear...

Where does being in the middle take place? Perhaps between novruz and christmas, different geographical places, between two languages where one of them brings literature but first after cutting up the...