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Reading Russian Literary Series: Dmitry Bykov

For Dmitry Bykov, writing and offending people go hand in hand. Since the early '90s, the Russian poet, novelist, journalist, and cultural savant has practically breathed derision in his aggressive literary works and as a TV and radio host. Befuddled by the commercial success and literary-establishment praise of his 1997 biography of Boris Pasternak, the prolific writer envisioned a book that would offend everybody. Bykov calls the new work — enitled Zh.D. — "Russophobic," "anti-Semitic," and "very very funny." On Sunday at the Brooklyn Public Library, see if all three of those descriptions can be true at once.

– Sabrina Jaszi

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