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Sophie Pinkham

Sophie Pinkham is the author of Black Square: Adventures in Post-Soviet Ukraine.

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February 1, 2022
MagazineSophie Pinkham
Searching for Freedom After the Cold War
Lea Ypi’s memoir recounts Albania’s troubled transition to democracy.
May 1, 2020
MagazineSophie Pinkham
How Vivian Gornick Reinvigorated Political Writing
Her most criticized book, “The Romance of American Communism,” has become a modern classic.
August 27, 2019
MagazineSophie Pinkham
Vasily Grossman’s Lost Epic
Why was his World War II novel "Stalingrad" shunned by publishers for so long?
May 3, 2018
MagazineSophie Pinkham
No Direction Home
Why have post-Soviet countries embraced populism and nostalgia?
September 26, 2017
MagazineSophie Pinkham
Understanding Russia’s War Stories
Putin’s foreign policy is rooted in an epic myth of betrayal and redemption.

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