Home Articles posted by Lara Vapnyar

Lara Vapnyar

Lara Vapnyar
Lara Vapnyar emigrated from Russia to New York in 1994 and began publishing short stories in English in 2002. She lives on Staten Island and is pursuing a Ph.D. in comparative literature at CUNY Graduate Center. Her new novel is Still Here.


On the Manufactured “Sex Appeal” of Vladimir Putin

Lara Vapnyar Has Some Thoughts on Russia's Brutal, Bear-Wrestling "Husband"
November 20, 2018  By Lara Vapnyar
0

Writing Immigrant Characters as a “Rookie American”

Lara Vapnyar on Empathy and Assimilation
August 9, 2016  By Lara Vapnyar
1