Oksana Vasyakina

Aug 27, 2023 | vice.com | Oksana Vasyakina

Τι θα μπροούσα να ξέρω τότε για τον εαυτό μου; Η επιθυμία μου ήταν πολύ δυνατή, αλλά ταυτόχρονα με τρόμαζε. Δεν ήξερα τίποτα για τις λεσβίες. Στο μικρό Ουστ-Ιλίμσκ οι λεσβίες δεν υπήρχαν. Το 2009, όταν δύο φίλες μου από το σχολείο φιλήθηκαν στην είσοδο ενός κτιρίου και είπαν πως ήταν λεσβίες, κανείς δεν τις πίστεψε, επρόκειτο για ένα αστείο. Αλλά για κάποιον λόγο εγώ δεν το θεώρησα κωμικό.

Aug 3, 2023 | vice.com | Oksana Vasyakina

În Rusia lui Vladimir Putin, unde legea interzice orice menționare a homosexualității, persoanele LGBT trăiesc un calvar continuu. Oksana Vasyakina. Fotografie din arhiva saÎn orășelul meu natal Ust-Ilimsk nu existau lesbiene. Când prietenele mele din liceu s-au sărutat și au zis că sunt lesbiene, nu le-a crezut nimeni, doar era o glumă. Dar mie nu mi s-a părut amuzantă. Îmi plăcea trupa Night Snipers. Aveam albumul lor Trigonometry, pe care îl ascultam de mai multe ori pe zi.

Jul 31, 2023 | vice.com | Oksana Vasyakina

Oksana Vasyakina. Photo courtesy of subjectWhat could I have known then about myself? My desire was very strong, but it also scared me. I didn’t know anything about lesbians. In little Ust-Ilimsk lesbians did not exist. When in Year Nine my girlfriends kissed in the entryway of a building and said they were lesbians, nobody believed them, it was a joke. But for some reason I didn’t think it was funny.

Jul 24, 2023 | publishersweekly.com | Marie NDiaye |Oksana Vasyakina |Nathan Paul Hill |Anne Enright

Ghassan Zeineddine. Tin House, $17.95 trade paper (288p) ISBN 978-1-959030-29-4Zeineddine’s striking debut collection details an endearing cast living in the Arab American community in Dearborn, Mich. In “Speedoman,” a group of husbands and wives who routinely lounge in the community pool and spa become obsessed with a newcomer who exclusively wears a Speedo to the pool.

Jul 19, 2023 | publishersweekly.com | Oksana Vasyakina |Nathan Paul Hill |Anne Enright |Benjamin Labatut

Nikki Marmery. Alcove, $18.99 trade paper (336p) ISBN 978-1-63910-571-7Marmery’s stellar sophomore novel (after On Wilder Seas) centers on Lilith, Adam’s first wife in the Garden of Eden. The story begins with Adam and Lilith living fruitfully in Eden under the watchful eyes of their gods: Yahweh, The Almighty, and Asherah, Giver of Life and Queen of Heaven.