Elaine Blair

Elaine Blair is the author of Literary St. Petersburg. Her writing has appeared in The New York Review of Books, n+1 and other publications.

Trakt Marks: On Ian Frazier’s Siberia

Trakt Marks: On Ian Frazier’s Siberia Trakt Marks: On Ian Frazier’s Siberia

Like Siberia itself, Ian Frazier's Travels in Siberia seems simply to drift off into the distance.

Jan 5, 2011 / Books & the Arts / Elaine Blair

Evicted From His Own Head: On Sigizmund Krzhizhanovsky Evicted From His Own Head: On Sigizmund Krzhizhanovsky

In the stories of Sigizmund Krzhizhanovsky, the landscape of the Russian revolution is hostile territory, and terrifying in its scope.

Nov 11, 2009 / Books & the Arts / Elaine Blair

The Wait: On Vladimir Sorokin The Wait: On Vladimir Sorokin

Elaine Blair In The Queue, Vladimir Sorokin offers a biting and hilarious portrait of a central ritual of Soviet life.

Mar 25, 2009 / Books & the Arts / Elaine Blair

The Horror of Dirt: Virginia Woolf and Her Servants The Horror of Dirt: Virginia Woolf and Her Servants

Upstairs and downstairs with Virginia, Vanessa and the Bloomsbury set.

Oct 29, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Elaine Blair

Tight Corners Tight Corners

When Richard Price moves from the urban ruins of New Jersey to the gentrified Lower East Side of Lush Life, things get complicated.

May 22, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Elaine Blair

The Fishnet Fallacy The Fishnet Fallacy

When a girl becomes her school's designated slut, her friends stop talking to her. Pornographic rumors spread with dazzling efficiency, boys harass her openly in the hallways, gir...

Mar 28, 2002 / Books & the Arts / Elaine Blair

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