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WBYPodEpisode 2: SophiaYesterday has never ended." - Sophia ShalmiyevFeminist Author Sophia Shalmiyev shares her story of being an immigrant from the Soviet Union in the 1980's. She describes what it was like to come to America, experience assaults, deal with misogyny in her 40's, and being a mother when she did not know her own. You will find yourself wanting to know more about her life's journey, which you can by reading her beautiful poetic memoir, Mother Winter. We are now on Stitcher, Spotify, and Apple Podcasts. Thank you for listening!Where to...2020-03-1000 min
situation / storyMOTHER WINTER w/Sophia Shalmiyev(TW: Sexual Abuse)It was like Christmas for me, so it's Christmas (or whatever holiday you celebrate) for you! I'm dropping this episode a day early because I just cannot wait for it to exist in the world. Listen in as Sophia Shalmiyev and I discuss Elizabeth Warren, male and female archetypes in literature, Riot Grrrl feminism, anti-capitalism, immigration, white flight, and the mental breakdowns of memoir, among other things. I hope you enjoy our conversation as much as I did!--- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest w...2020-02-171h 02
The Archive ProjectLit Crawl 2018 (Rebroadcast)This special episode of The Archive Project is broken up into three sections, each corresponding to a single event during Lit Crawl Portland 2018. Lit Crawl is an eclectic mix of literary events staged in nontraditional locations. From poetry readings in bars to literary trivia and karaoke in hotel lobbies, Lit Crawl seeks to unite readers and writers in a single night jam-packed with literary fun.
The first segment features a reading titled “Our Voices are a Bridge” cohosted by The Rumpus, VIDA, and YesYes Books, and showcases poets Nabila Lovelace, Sophia Shalmiyev, and Stacey Tran. In the second...2019-10-2352 min
New Books in Russian and Eurasian StudiesSophia Shalmiyev, "Mother Winter: A Memoir" (Simon and Schuster, 2019)The story of where we come from is such an important aspect of our personal sense of self, the forefront of many conversations about national identity, community, and belonging. In a country like the United States, where so many of us are or are descended from immigrants, the answer to this question of heritage can be a complicated one that takes us back generations. And, with proliferation of home genealogy tests like AncestryDNA and 23andMe, people are learning more about their family histories than was ever thought possible. But what happens when the questions we have about our identities...2019-07-1038 min
Between The Covers : Conversations with Writers in Fiction, Nonfiction & PoetrySophia Shalmiyev : Mother Winter“Shalmiyev stubbornly, brilliantly pursues loss in this psycho-geography of immigration, grief displacement, and damage. A mother herself, Shalmiyev’s narrator channels the ghosts of Dorothy Richardson, Anaïs Nin, Frances Farmer and the sad, bad stories of Aileen Wuornos and Amy Fisher, who could never be the right kind of girls. Like the great modernist writers, Shalmiyev writes from, not about, trauma but at a pitch that’s witty, dry, sad, and laconic. I love America, her narrator declares. It’s broken, like me.”—Chris Kraus, author of I Love Dick
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Beyond Well with Sheila HamiltonEp.18-Sophia Shalmiyev, The Making of An American FeministSophia Shalmiyev was eleven when she immigrated to New York City from Leningrad, motherless, displaced, and terrified. Shalmiyev is clear-eyed and unsentimental about the trauma and poverty she endured as a child and how it shaped the woman she is today as a feminist, artist, and mother. Shalmiyev is fiery and unapologetic in her views of what it takes to raise a feminist son. Her opinion of her newly adopted country is equally as compelling. "I love America," she says, "It's broken, like me." Shalmiyev is the author of Mother Winter, an MFA graduate of Portland State University, and a vi...2019-05-2633 min
Skylight Books Podcast SeriesSophia Shalmiyev, "MOTHER WINTER" w/ Sara BenincasaFrom Laurels Award Fellowship recipient Sophia Shalmiyev comes the exquisite Mother Winter, a haunting and deeply personal story of fleeing the Soviet Union, where Shalmiyev was forced to abandon her mother, and her subsequent years of searching for surrogate mothers—whether in books, art, lovers, or other lost souls.
Mother Winter is the story of Sophia’s emotional journeys as an immigrant, an artist, and a motherless woman now raising children of her own. Born to a Russian mother and an Azerbaijani father, Shalmiyev grew up in the stark oppressiveness of 1980s Leningrad. When her father packed up for a...2019-03-0448 minThe Archive ProjectLit Crawl 2018This special episode of The Archive Project is broken up into three sections, each corresponding to a single event during Lit Crawl Portland 2018. Lit Crawl is an eclectic mix of literary events staged in nontraditional locations. From poetry readings in bars to literary trivia and karaoke in hotel lobbies, Lit Crawl seeks to unite readers and writers in a single night jam-packed with literary fun. The first segment features a reading titled “Our Voices are a Bridge” cohosted by The Rumpus, VIDA, and YesYes Books, and showcases poets Nabila Lovelace, Sophia Shalmiyev, and Stacey Tran. In the second segment, “OPPOSS...2019-02-2155 min
Listen to Full Trial Audiobooks in Biography & Memoir, WomenMother Winter: A Memoir by Sophia ShalmiyevPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/356612 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Mother Winter: A Memoir Author: Sophia Shalmiyev Narrator: Sophia Shalmiyev Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 39 minutes Release date: February 12, 2019 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Women Publisher's Summary: 'Lyrical and emotionally gutting.' —O, THE OPRAH MAGAZINE “Intellectually satisfying [and] artistically profound.” —KIRKUS REVIEWS (STARRED REVIEW) “Mesmeric.”—THE PARIS REVIEW “Vividly awesome and truly great.' —EILEEN MYLES “Gorgeous, gutting, unforgettable.' —LENI ZUMAS “Brilliant.” —MICHELLE TEA An arresting memoir equal parts refugee-coming-of-age story, feminist manifesto, and meditation on motherhood, displacement, gender politics, and art that follo...2019-02-1203 min
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Title: Mother Winter: A Memoir
Author: Sophia Shalmiyev
Narrator: Sophia Shalmiyev
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 5 hours 39 minutes
Release date: February 12, 2019
Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1
Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1
Genres: Women
Publisher's Summary:
'Lyrical and emotionally gutting.' —O, THE OPRAH MAGAZINE “Intellectually satisfying [and] artistically profound.” —KIRKUS REVIEWS (STARRED REVIEW) “Mesmeric.”—THE PARIS REVIEW “Vividly awesome and truly great.' —EILEEN MYLES “Gorgeous, gutting, unforgettable.' —LENI ZUMAS “Brilliant.” —MICHELLE TEA An arresting memoir equal parts refugee-coming-of-age story, feminist manifesto, and meditation on motherhood, displacement, gender politics, and art that follows award-w...2019-02-125h 39
Discover Top Full Trial Audiobooks in MemoirsaphyMother Winter: A Memoir by Sophia ShalmiyevPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/356612 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Mother Winter: A Memoir Author: Sophia Shalmiyev Narrator: Sophia Shalmiyev Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 39 minutes Release date: February 12, 2019 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: 'Lyrical and emotionally gutting.' —O, THE OPRAH MAGAZINE “Intellectually satisfying [and] artistically profound.” —KIRKUS REVIEWS (STARRED REVIEW) “Mesmeric.”—THE PARIS REVIEW “Vividly awesome and truly great.' —EILEEN MYLES “Gorgeous, gutting, unforgettable.' —LENI ZUMAS “Brilliant.” —MICHELLE TEA An arresting memoir equal parts refugee-coming-of-age story, feminist manifesto, and meditation on motherhood, displacement, gender politics, and art that follo...2019-02-1203 min
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Title: Mother Winter: A Memoir
Author: Sophia Shalmiyev
Narrator: Sophia Shalmiyev
Format: Unabridged
Length: 05:39:03
Language: English
Release date: 02-12-19
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio
Genres: Biography & Memoir, Literary, Women
Summary:
'Lyrical and emotionally gutting.' —O, THE OPRAH MAGAZINE
“Intellectually satisfying [and] artistically profound.” —KIRKUS REVIEWS (STARRED REVIEW)
“Mesmeric.”—THE PARIS REVIEW
“Vividly awesome and truly great.' —EILEEN MYLES
“Gorgeous, gutting, unforgettable.' —LENI ZUMAS
“Brilliant.” —MICHELLE TEA
An arresting memoir equal parts refugee-coming-of-age story, feminist manifesto, and meditation on motherhood, displacement, gender politics, and art that follows award-winning writer...2019-02-125h 39
WMFAPresenting Women Characters w. LENI ZUMAS
Author photo by Sophia Shalmiyev.
Episode 23Leni Zumas is the author, most recently, of the novel Red Clocks, which was a New York Times Editors' Choice, an Indie Next selection and a Publishers Weekly Top 10 Literary Fiction pick. She is also the author of the story collection Farewell Navigator and the novel The Listeners, which was a finalist for the Oregon Book Award. She is an associate professor in the MFA program in creative writing at Portland State University.Discussed In This EpisodeWondering how your characters would vote. Close third-person an...2018-04-041h 23