6/20/2023 0 Comments Snow in May by Kseniya Melnik![]() ![]() In both cases, it seems like a story that you might, as a Russian, feel obligated to tell-that it’s one of those stories that is so closely entwined with the place that you both want to write and also dread trying to write. The story is about visiting a traditional healer (a witch), and it’s also a Baba Yaga story. In this interview, Melnik discusses writing a Baba Yaga story, creating echo chambers in fiction, and avoiding easy descriptions of complex places. To read Melnik’s story, “The Witch” and an exercise on building a story around a fairy tale, click here. ![]() Her work has appeared in The Brooklyn Rail, Epoch, Esquire (Russia), Virginia Quarterly Review, Prospect (UK), and was selected for Granta‘s New Voices series. She received her MFA from New York University. Born in Magadan, Russia, she moved to Alaska in 1998, at the age of 15. ![]() Kseniya Melnik’s debut book is the linked story collection Snow in May, which was short-listed for the International Dylan Thomas Prize and long-listed for the Frank O’Connor International Short Story Award. Kseniya Melnik’s debut book Snow in May blends history and fable to bring her real-life hometown of Magadan, Russia, to life. ![]()
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