Doctor Zhivago is easy to smuggle if it’s small, and other publishing tips from the CIA
What are the repercussions for the CIA funding most American cultural and literary institutions over the course of the Cold War? We’re still working on that one, but it’s clear… Read more »
Newly disclosed documents reveal CIA plan to use Doctor Zhivago as propaganda
Newly declassified documents show that the Central Intelligence Agency ran a top-secret campaign to use Boris Pasternak’s novel Doctor Zhivago as anti-Soviet propaganda behind the Iron Curtain. The Washington Post ran… Read more »
Russia’s children’s ombudsman: Forget about sex education, just read Russian literature
It’s not the first thing that comes to mind when you consider Russian literature, but Pavel Astakhov, Russia’s children’s ombudsman (aka Children’s Rights Commissioner for the President of the Russian… Read more »