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About this episode

Hosted by Gabrielle David & Nathalie Handal featuring Mikhail Iossel; with visual artist Anders Knutsson Throughout Russia's turbulent history, leaders, rulers, despots came and went, each condemning hundreds and thousands of books to the fate of the literal and metaphorical underground vaults, yet the people of Russia have maintained a strong, distinctive literary culture. Mikhail Iossel, an award-winning Russian novelist and the director of SUMMER LITERARY SERIES (SLS), discusses the history of Russian literature, and shares his personal experience as a Russian-born writer. This clip features hosts David and Handal, and Mikhail Iossel. Hosts David and Handal discuss the wide variety of multicultural writers who have appeared on phatLiterature. Mikhail Iossel, an engineer by trade who used to work on the electrical defense systems of Russian submarines back in the era of the Soviet Union, is an award-winning author of fiction in both Russian and English. In this clip, Iossel talks about his program, SUMMER LITERARY SERIES (SLS) in St. Petersburg, Russia, and how "temporary displacement" can effectively help writers hone in on their craft. phatLiterature, A Literary TV Program, features poets, writers and scholars who discuss the writing process and how that process reveals and defines their lives. It also provides insight into the historical, social, cultural and political connections that appear in their works, and enliven the exploration of literature and literary analysis with dramatizations and readings. phatLiterature also features a Q&A segment and showcases visual artists by integrating their works as part of the set design, including a 60- second segment, VISUAL SIGNATURES, which appears in each episode. (http://www.phatliterature.org) For more information, contact us at info@phatliterature.org. phatLiterature is produced by THE INTERCULTURAL ALLIANCE OF ARTISTS & SCHOLARS, INC., a NY-based nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization that promotes multicultural literature and literacy. (http://www.theiaas.org) Copyright © 2002-2006.

• Release Date

  Jun 3, 2008

• Runtime

  08:44