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Cardinal Points is a bilingual annual literary magazine published in English and Russian by Slavic studies department of Brown University. [1] It was founded by Oleg Woolf in 2010 [2] [3] to focus on the work of great 20th century writers Andrei Platonov, Varlam Shalamov, and Vassily Grossman. Its editors include Irina Mashinski, Robert Chandler and Boris Dralyuk. [4]

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References

  1. "Cardinal Points: a talk, in English, and a bilingual reading by Irina Mashinski and Robert Chandler — Pushkin House". www.pushkinhouse.org. Archived from the original on 2016-07-02.
  2. "Oleg Woolf translated by Boris Dralyuk | Authors | Joyland Magazine". www.joylandmagazine.com. Archived from the original on 2015-09-19.
  3. "Cardinal Points Journal". Stosvet Press. Retrieved 22 May 2022.
  4. Cardinal Points: Literary Journal. Stosvet Publishers. 12 March 2013. ISBN   9781257231171.