Monthly Archives: November 2013
On the production and consumption of pierogis, by Tomasz Rozycki
In honor of familial feasting of all kinds we thought we would offer the great Pierogi Divertimento from Tomasz Rozycki’s book-length modern-day epic Twelve Stations, which we sampled in large part in Little Star #4 and will shortly appear in its entirety, in Bill Johnston’s translation, from Zephyr Press. It suffices to know that Twelve […]
Maria Stepanova in Little Star
This week we welcome Maria Stepanova to these shores by featuring her poem “Fish” from our forthcoming Little Star #5 (2014). Stepanova is not only a great poet but she’s also the courageous founder of Colta.ru, Russia’s most respected independent magazine of ideas. Colta is using crowd-funding to maintain its autonomy and elude Putinian restrictions […]
Introducing Young Rader
This week in Little Star Weekly we feature the first of a three-part serial of “Passage,” a story by Young Rader. Read it also in the forthcoming Little Star #5 (2014) available here for a special pre-publication price. • The family did not live far from Mammoth Cave. In 1773, the great-grandfather brought his wife and son […]