A few pages from Frederick Exley’s A Fan’s Notes.

I read a poem from 1980 by Sergey Gandlevsky that my father sent me into a microphone. Get full access to Arterms at samarov.substack.com/subscribe

I read some poems by Lidia Zaozerskaya that my father sent me into a microphone. Get full access to Arterms at samarov.substack.com/subscribe

Boris Pasternak’s 1946 poem, “Winter Night” Get full access to Arterms at samarov.substack.com/subscribe

A long, wide-arranging talk with writer and publisher Mallory Smart. Listen to the movie podcast we co-host here.

A story left out of Old Style. Get full access to Arterms at samarov.substack.com/subscribe

Waits always knew his look was a pose. He played with it, mutated and remixed it over the years. But like Jesus, his apostles spread his gospel to the letter… Get full access to Arterms at samarov.substack.com/subscribe

Two poems from 1996 by Boris Ryzhy. Get full access to Arterms at samarov.substack.com/subscribe

I read an excerpt from Antoine de Saint-Exupéry’s The Little Prince in Russian, then English. It’s the epigraph to my forthcoming book.