Colleagues,
Here's a link to my new Russian-language essay about the life and marriage of Véra Slonim and Vladimir Nabokov. It was inspired by the long-awaited publication of Olga Voronina and Brian Boyd's excellent "Letters to Véra" in Moscow:
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Prof. Dr. Maxim D. Shrayer
Professor of Russian, English, and Jewish Studies
Department of Slavic & Eastern Languages and Literatures
Boston College
210 Lyons Hall, 140 Commonwealth Avenue
Chestnut Hill, MA 02467-3804 USA
e-mail: shrayerm@bc.edu