Russian Literature…

Several years ago, I received a scholarship to study Russian literature at St. Petersburg State University–and re-connect with my Slavic roots. Inspired by the Russian literature I was reading in class, I decided to make a pilgrimage to the grave of Fyodor Dostoyevsky at the Alexander Nevsky Monastery. Reading Dostoyevsky next to his tombstone made for a lovely literary field-trip. Unfortunately, over the years, American interest in Russian literature has waned. A new article in Foreign Policy this week asks: Is Russian Literature Dead?