Welcome to Maskačka: Stig Stasig's Images of Latvia's Troubled '90s
In 1991, Danish photographer Stig Stasig moved to Riga, capital of newly free Latvia. His photos of inner-city life capture a unique moment in its historyContinue Reading →
A Minnesotan Writing in Estonian: An Interview with Adam Cullen
"Something to be preserved at all cost is the connection to this place – that’s the reason it’s Estonian literature, and not Latvian or French literature."Continue Reading →
Long Hair and Bell-Bottoms Behind the Iron Curtain: Soviet Hippies
"A record was a holy thing that would go from hand to hand, recorded over and over on reel tapes."Continue Reading →
Stephan Collishaw: Turning Lithuania's Troubled Past into Fiction
British author Stephan Collishaw has been closely involved with Lithuania since moving there on a whim in the mid-'90s.Continue Reading →
Gatis Krūmiņš: Debunking Myths of Soviet Investment in the Baltics
Krūmiņš's calculations appear to show that, actually, Latvia – in common with all of the Baltic states – was a net contributor to the Soviet budgetContinue Reading →