Attending the Russian Prize

“If you don’t have a visa, send us a copy of your American passport and the name of the city where your consulate is located, and we’ll take care of everything,”—stated the email.

An “organizing committee” powerful enough to arrange a visa to Russia was to be taken seriously . . .

So begins Margarita Meklina's account of abusive customs agents, sex-crazed Georgian war-writers, and heading back to her native Russia to attend The Russian Prize ceremony, for which she was a finalist. Full article at The Quarterly Conversation.

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