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Literature TalkLiterature TalkAs the Dust of the Earth: The Literature of Abandonment in Revolutionary Russia and Ukraine
Stanford
Step into a forgotten chapter of history through the poetry and prose that witnessed it. Professor Harriet Murav unpacks how Yiddish and Russian writers captured both the violence and the relief efforts of the Russian Civil War, when tens of thousands of Jews were murdered. A free lunch is included, because learning about catastrophe shouldn't come on an empty stomach.
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As the Dust of the Earth: The Literature of Abandonment in Revolutionary Russia and Ukraine
Stanford
Literature TalkLiterature TalkStep into a forgotten chapter of history through the poetry and prose that witnessed it. Professor Harriet Murav unpacks how Yiddish and Russian writers captured both the violence and the relief efforts of the Russian Civil War, when tens of thousands of Jews were murdered. A free lunch is included, because learning about catastrophe shouldn't come on an empty stomach.
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