Words Lost in the Forest: The Strange Case of "Pagan Dialects from Narew"
A chance discovery deep in a Belarusian forest gave a glimpse into the extinct Baltic language YotvingianContinue Reading →
Three Kings: The Strange, Subversive Tale of the Vilnius Jazz Trio
"Rock did very little to change anything in Cold-War Europe – jeans and hairstyles excepted. It was jazz, not rock, that acted as a meaningful conduit of change."Continue Reading →
Reflections on a Dark Lithuanian Fairytale: Translating Ričardas Gavelis
Ričardas Gavelis was one of Lithuania's best-known writers of recent decades, with a caustic and satirical vision that seems to prefigure recent eventsContinue Reading →
How Memel Germans Saw Lithuanians: Sudermann's Stories
There was a sizeable Lithuanian-speaking peasant class in that part of Prussia, although Lithuanians were considered subordinate to the German-speaking gentry and town-dwellersContinue Reading →
Moscow Dumplings: On Lithuanians and Russians
"what I remember: green lamps, green torchere shades by the bed spreading a soft light, falling on pale wood furniture..."Continue Reading →