Thrilled to have the last section of On the Road to Lviv up at The Fortnightly Review:

from ‘On the Road to Lviv’.

By CHRISTOPHER MERRILL. ◊ he faithful chanting in Armenian At vespers in Ivano-Frankivsk, shaped The way I posed for a photograph outside The church—between a pair of Christmas trees Festooned with li...

Congrats to Trump's lawyers on figuring out why so many people thought the 2020 election was stolen: because Russia interfered in 2016.

Analysis | Trump lawyers ID election denial’s Patient Zero: Russian interference

Russia’s efforts to swing 2016 to Trump are now being deployed to (his lawyers hope) keep him out of prison.

I am liking this a lot — the people, streets; the temperatures, pace. Thank you @clmerrill.bsky.social for your memorable reading from your new work with Arrowsmith Press earlier this month. 🍁🥂🇺🇦

Thank you, dear Carolyn.

Come to my book launch Nov 2 in Boston! Excited to be in the mix with @clmerrill.bsky.social and Steven Cramer.

Our new story: Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas secretly participated in Koch network donor events – a breach of judicial norms that one federal judge said “takes my breath away.” www.propublica.org/article/clar...

Clarence Thomas Secretly Participated in Koch Network Donor Events

Thomas has attended at least two Koch donor summits, putting him in the extraordinary position of having helped a political network that has brought multiple cases before the Supreme Court.

Wise words. newrepublic.com/article/1753...

Biden’s Campaign Needs a Dramatic Gesture. So Here’s a Thought.

A steady diet of economic freedom—and naming the enemies who oppose it—can pack a punch.

One of the greats of translation, Edith Grossman, has just died.

Edith Grossman, Who Elevated the Art of Translation, Dies at 87

“You are my voice in English,” Gabriel García Márquez told her. She insisted that her name appear on the covers of books she translated, including with that of Cervantes.

Coming in November. Please consider preordering here: https://www.arrowsmithpress.com/books#/christopher-merrill/

Alberto Gonzales Lectures Jack Goldsmith about Perception versus Reality in a Democracy https://www.emptywheel.net/2023/08/13/alberto-gonzales-lectures-jack-goldsmith-about-perception-versus-reality-in-a-democracy/