Archive for the 'chernobyl' Category

An amazing story about a 64-year-old American woman whose donation helped the Chernobyl Children’s Project International to buy medical equipment that “will save as many as 175 young lives a year” in Belarus:
[...] One of Judy’s dreams was to swim Hood Canal. Not a natural athlete, she trained hard and found it difficult and [...]

Two posts from my today’s GV reading:
- MoldovAnn on Chernobyl aid programs -
[...] I do believe aid organizations want to help people have better lives. But when I hear them talking about “we’re going to support this community because it’s not too far from Kyiv and we can easily visit it in a day during [...]

Two posts from my today’s GV reading:
- MoldovAnn on Chernobyl aid programs -
[...] I do believe aid organizations want to help people have better lives. But when I hear them talking about “we’re going to support this community because it’s not too far from Kyiv and we can easily visit it in a day during [...]

Marta had her first radio appearance yesterday – on BBC Radio Five Live, Pods and Blogs show!!!
I’m kidding, of course: it was me who was being phone-interviewed in our TV room, while Marta was desperately trying to get past the locked door, screaming her lungs out… And I’m exaggerating, too – you can barely hear [...]

Marta had her first radio appearance yesterday – on BBC Radio Five Live, Pods and Blogs show!!!
I’m kidding, of course: it was me who was being phone-interviewed in our TV room, while Marta was desperately trying to get past the locked door, screaming her lungs out… And I’m exaggerating, too – you can barely hear [...]

More on Chernobyl:
Svetlana Alexievich’s book – Voices From Chernobyl – has been translated by Masha Gessen’s brother, Keith Gessen. An excerpt was published in the Winter 2005 issue of the Paris Review.
Here’s what I wrote about Alexievich’s book in summer 2003:
In 1999, I attempted to read a book about Chernobyl, by Svetlana Alexievich, a Belarusian [...]

More on Chernobyl:
Svetlana Alexievich’s book – Voices From Chernobyl – has been translated by Masha Gessen’s brother, Keith Gessen. An excerpt was published in the Winter 2005 issue of the Paris Review.
Here’s what I wrote about Alexievich’s book in summer 2003:
In 1999, I attempted to read a book about Chernobyl, by Svetlana Alexievich, a Belarusian [...]