An article on speculative architecture (Stalin-era and present-day American) for the Los Angeles Review of Books.
An interview with author Eugene Vodolazkin and his translator, Lisa Hayden, for the Los Angeles Review of Books.
A brief introduction to some excerpts from Linor Goralik's Found Life I wrote for Music and Literature.
An op-ed on pro-Polish bias in tours of the Auschwitz Memorial for Haaretz.
A review of recent novels by Vladimir Sorokin and Victor Pelevin for the Los Angeles Review of Books.
A review of John Hamburg's 2016 movie "Why Him?" I wrote for Jezebel.
A post on New York University's Jordan Center blog, All the Russias, about the Russian gameshow What? Where? When?
A review of Masha Gessen's 2014 book on Pussy Riot I wrote for Digital Icons.
A short, jokey piece for the ezine Clever.