tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2246733253377632158.post786543650571337308..comments2024-01-09T04:06:27.982-08:00Comments on Not New For Long: The Possessed: Adventures With Russian Books and the People Who Read Them, by Elif Batuman, at Escape Into Lifeseana grahamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03774794086733027289noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2246733253377632158.post-25356894678283363042016-04-02T18:38:35.331-07:002016-04-02T18:38:35.331-07:00I noticed that poetry connection too, Kathleen. An...I noticed that poetry connection too, Kathleen. And oddly enough, I am learning Turkish, though I can hardly recognize any of the words in that poem and I am not sure I am learning for love or just exactly what. seana grahamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03774794086733027289noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2246733253377632158.post-1098480496700338102016-04-02T18:27:58.897-07:002016-04-02T18:27:58.897-07:00This sounds like such a good one! I love the coinc...This sounds like such a good one! I love the coincidence that I was just engaging with Boris, a Russian character in The Goldfinch, and that EIL just had poems in Turkish & English! (And is likely to have more sometime soon.)Kathleenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06559881249054540947noreply@blogger.com