#021 - Writing About Russia with M. Gessen

Recorded live at The LINE Hotel’s Banneker Ballroom in Washington, D.C., this special edition of The Long View features M. Gessen, journalist, author, opinion columnist for The New York Times, and host of The Idiot podcast, in conversation with Maria Lipman and Michael Kimmage.

The conversation explores Gessen’s journey from the Soviet Union to the United States and back to Russia, the role of literature and personal experience in their writing, and the challenges of telling stories about identity, exile, authoritarianism, and political change.

A production of the Kennan Institute.