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An Intimate Portrait of Eastern Europe - In Conversation With Jacob Mikanowski
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In this conversation with RevDem editor Ferenc Laczó, Jacob Mikanowski – author of Goodbye, Eastern Europe: An Intimate History of a Divided Land – discusses his major inspirations as a writer and how his travels have shaped his perspective; explicates his specific approach to the history of Eastern Europe and what he views as the distinguishing features of this diverse region; and reflects on whether Eastern Europe might still be a place where nonconformists and their heterodox ideas can flourish.
Jacob Mikanowski (PhD, University of California, Berkeley) is a writer, journalist, and critic who has written for The Atlantic and the New York Times, among a host of other high-profile publications. Goodbye, Eastern Europe: An Intimate History of a Divided Land is his first book.
Goodbye, Eastern Europe: An Intimate History of a Divided Land has been published by Pantheon.
265 episodes
Manage episode 394981878 series 3310038
In this conversation with RevDem editor Ferenc Laczó, Jacob Mikanowski – author of Goodbye, Eastern Europe: An Intimate History of a Divided Land – discusses his major inspirations as a writer and how his travels have shaped his perspective; explicates his specific approach to the history of Eastern Europe and what he views as the distinguishing features of this diverse region; and reflects on whether Eastern Europe might still be a place where nonconformists and their heterodox ideas can flourish.
Jacob Mikanowski (PhD, University of California, Berkeley) is a writer, journalist, and critic who has written for The Atlantic and the New York Times, among a host of other high-profile publications. Goodbye, Eastern Europe: An Intimate History of a Divided Land is his first book.
Goodbye, Eastern Europe: An Intimate History of a Divided Land has been published by Pantheon.
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