Sophie Pinkham

Sophie Pinkham is an American journalist and writer. She is a professor of practice in the Comparative Literature Department at Cornell University. ^[1] She was a finalist for the Nona Balakian Citation for Excellence in Reviewing. She won the 2023 British Journalism Award for Travel Journalism. ^{[2] [3]}

Pinkham grew up in New York City. ^[4] She graduated from Yale University, and Columbia University. ^[5]

Pinkham's work has appeared in the Baffler. ^[6] Dissent, ^[7] Harper's, ^[8] The Nation, ^[9] n + 1, ^[10] The Paris Review, ^[11] The New Statesman, ^[12] the New York Review of Books. ^[13] and the New Yorker. ^[14]

Books

• Black Square: Adventures in the Post-Soviet World (W. W. Norton, 2016) ^{[15] [16]}
• The Oak and the Larch: A Forest History of Russia and Its Empires (2026) ^{[17] [18] [19] [20] [21] [22]}

References

1. "Sophie Pinkham | A&S Departments". complit.cornell.edu. Retrieved 2026-02-01.
2. Blackwood, | Kate; A; Communications, S. (2024-01-08). "Pinkham wins British Journalism Award for feature on migrants". as.cornell.edu. Retrieved 2026-02-01.
3. Tobitt, Charlotte (2023-12-14). "British Journalism Awards winners 2023: Guardian wins big, Gabriel Pogrund of Sunday Times is Journalist of the Year". Press Gazette. Retrieved 2026-02-01.
4. Bader, Leo (12 October 2023). "Sophie Pinkham talks poetry, traveling and politics". The Wesleyan Argus. Retrieved 1 February 2026.
5. "Sophie Pinkham". The Poetry Foundation. Retrieved 2026-02-01.
6. "Speak and Sell | Sophie Pinkham". The Baffler. 2025-10-27. Retrieved 2026-02-01.
7. "Returning to Maidan". Dissent Magazine. Retrieved 2026-02-01.
8. Pinkham, Sophie. "Ghosts of Borodino: A poet's battle against Russian nationalism". Harper's Magazine. Vol. June 2021. ISSN   0017-789X . Retrieved 2026-02-01.
9. "Sophie Pinkham". The Nation. 2013-04-10. Retrieved 2026-02-01.
10. "Pinkham/Sophie". n+1. Retrieved 2026-02-01.
11. "Sophie Pinkham". The Paris Review. Retrieved 2026-02-01.
12. "Sophie Pinkham". New Statesman. Retrieved 2026-02-01.
13. "Sophie Pinkham". The New York Review of Books. Retrieved 2026-02-01.
14. Nast, Condé. "Sophie Pinkham". The New Yorker. Retrieved 2026-02-01.
15. "Black Square: Adventures in Post-Soviet Ukraine by Sophie Pinkham".
16. Meier, Andrew (25 November 2016). "A 20-Something American Falls in Love with Ukraine". The New York Times.
17. "The Oak and the Larch: A Forest History of Russia and Its Empires by Sophie Pinkham". www.publishersweekly.com. Retrieved 2026-02-01.
18. THE OAK AND THE LARCH | Kirkus Reviews.
19. Hammer, Joshua (2026-01-30). "Book Review: 'The Oak and the Larch,' by Sophie Pinkham". The New York Times. Retrieved 2026-02-01.
20. Evans, Julian (2026-02-01). "Want to understand Russia's true nature? Look into its forests". The Telegraph. ISSN   0307-1235 . Retrieved 2026-02-01.
21. Bromwich, Kathryn (2026-01-07). "The Oak and the Larch by Sophie Pinkham review – are Russia's forests the key to its identity?". The Guardian. ISSN   0261-3077 . Retrieved 2026-02-01.
22. "What trees mean to Russia, through a history of war and peace". Christian Science Monitor. ISSN   0882-7729 . Retrieved 2026-02-01.

External links

Official website