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The better I know my fellow post-Soviet Jewish-American authors, the more I’m delighted by the variety of themes & approaches we take to our creative work. Join Sasha Vasilyuk, Margarita Meklina, Tatyana, & me on Sunday at Berkeley!

If any of my followers speak Finnish, here is a review of my novel.

Reporting from my class visit at Stanford: the kids are alright

Wrote for TIME about Trump’s Victory Day and where the focus on victory has led Russia. time.com/7283989/trump-…

A poem for my daughter—just in time for her and her brother’s third birthday—from the June issue of the The New Republic.

Incredibly honored to be recognized by my home state

Tomorrow in Sebastopol, 5 authors will take you to 5 different places and eras. I’m debating between reading a scene from WWII or 1960s Donbas… Any votes?

🎉 Congratulations to Sasha Vasilyuk, winner of the 2025 Sami Rohr Prize for Jewish Literature! 🏆 We also celebrate this year’s outstanding finalists — Toby Lloyd, Benjamin Resnick, and Janice Weizman — for their bold & resonant contributions to Jewish literature. #SamiRohrPrize

Sasha Vasilyuk has won the Sami Rohr Prize for Jewish Literature for YOUR PRESENCE IS MANDATORY. Vasilyuk’s debut novel was published last April by Bloomsbury. The prize comes with a cash award of $100,000. The Sami Rohr Prize for Jewish Literature Sasha Vasilyuk Bloomsbury U.S. ow.ly/FaJQ50VVR1m

"I have never felt fully at home in America: it's too concerned with profit at the expense of morality and community." @sashavasilyuk interviews Boris Fishman about his latest novel, "The Unwanted." lareviewofbooks.org/article/its-th…

Bay Area Book Festival is next weekend in Berkeley. Free! I’ll be on this awesome panel talking historical memory in fiction. Join us!

Bay Area Book Festival was a great success! People came, aspiring writers took lots of notes, authors signed books and schmoozed in the green room,and indie book sellers sold lots of books! Really great to see so many bookworms.

Commentary Recommends Seth Mandel Sasha Vasilyuk

My friend is driving down to LA… alongside National Guard

#BookLaunch #thenightsparrow @harperperennial One Month Today July 17 @jewishcommunitylibrary with @sashavasilyuk #YourPresenceIsMandatory @bloomsburybooksus Writing Jews in the Red Army Link: shorturl.at/MY35s

On Monday, June 23, join me + Percival Everett + Rachel Kushner + other winners for the 94th California Book Awards ceremony from Commonwealth Club World Affairs of California! commonwealthclub.org/events/2025-06…

From my Persian friend in the US: “I’m shocked. I’m scared. But there is also a tiny glimmer of hope that this will lead to something good. “ #IranIsraelConflict

Robot car takeover

An Athens hello Gary Shteyngart )

This Thursday, I’m chatting with bestselling historical fiction author Shelly Sanders about female Jewish snipers in the Red Army jewishcommunitylibrary.org/events-listing…