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LIFE REBORN IN THE NEW RUSSIA () Letters to the Editor of Tema and 1/10 Translated by Kevin Moss V. K. and Nikolai Serov Letters About Prison Life Translated by Dan Healey Vladimir Makanin (b. ) The Prisoner of the Caucasus (story) Translated by Anatoly Vishevsky and Michael Biggins Vassily Aksyonov (b. ) Around Dupont (story) Translated by Alla Zbinovsky Yury Past (b.

Out of the blue: Russia's hidden gay literature: an anthology by Moss, Kevin, Publication date Topics Gay men, Gay men's writings, Russian, Homosexuality in literature Publisher San Francisco, Calif.: Gay Sunshine Press Collection internetarchivebooks; inlibrary; printdisabled Contributor Internet Archive Language English Item.

OUT OF THE BLUE: Russia's Hidden Gay Literature TABLE OF CONTENTS Editor's Preface Kevin Moss Publisher's Note Winston Leyland Introduction: Russia's Gay Literature and History Simon Karlinsky THEMES IN GOLDEN AGE LITERATURE (19th Century) Alexander Pushkin () Poem: Imitation of the Arabic Translated out of the blue russias hidden gay literature contents Michael Green A Pushkin Puzzle Essay by Michael Green Mikhail Lermontov.

Moss (Russian language and literature, Middlebury Coll.) has undertaken the daunting task of assembling poetry, short fiction, and other 19th- and 20th-century Russian gay literature and making both text and context accessible to the general reader. He succeeds for the most part, though he fails in the sections that cover the pre-Soviet period.

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Textbooks may not include supplemental items i. The variety of authors represented make this volume a spectacular overview of the gay Russian experience. Part Three: Hidden from Viewoffers a glimpse into the lives and writings of six authors who, from the 's to the 's, found themselves relegated to underground or emigre writing Kharitonov, Pereleshin, etc. We sometimes source from libraries. Relations with the guys were more or less OK.

Cancel Save. Also included is an historical article and a sampling of fiction. Add to basket. And then. An Israeli gay anthology and a collection of gay Buddhist writings are currently in progress. These selections show the range and richness of the gay experience for Russians over the past two centuries. No jacket. The day before had been bath day, and I ended up with no underwear, and therefore I had to sleep in my birthday suit.

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Perhaps what is most striking is that the emotional landscape covered in these writings is so familiar, running the full gamut from self-hatred to righteous anger, from passionate love to unrequited lust, from sentimental self-pity to camp wit. Part Four: Gay Life Reborn, shows the post-Soviet proliferation of gay-themed materials, and is the most eclectic.

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Our regiment was stationed in Czechoslovakia. My fellow servicemen and "lovers" came after taps to the infirmary, took me without anyone's saying a word to the basement and beat me again. Binding is tight and pages are clean and unmarked. Even during the last decade, until the repeal of Russia's Article instudying gay topics was potentially dangerous.

At the judge's bench sat a colonel, next to him two jurymen-sergeants. And it turns out the ones who beat me up were practically the foremost fighters for protecting the military preparedness of the army. Moss Russian language and literature, Middlebury Coll. There I was patched up, and I had to invent some story about some strangers who asked me for a light.

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