“Russia’s Alien Nations” is the completely unofficial title for a set of three books that I’m working on.

The first, Soviet Self-Hatred: The Secret Identities of Postsocialism, used to be called Russia’s Alien Nations. The first draft is available on this site, and was published in 2023 by Cornell University Press.

The second, Unstuck in Time: On the Post-Soviet Uncanny, began serialization as a blog in June 2021. It was published in 2024 by Cornell University Press.

The third, Unidentified Russian Objects: On Soviet Melancholy, is now being serialized here.