Olga Zilberbourg

Olga Zilberbourg has three books of fiction published in Russian and has published English-language fiction, essays, and book reviews in various publications. Her first collection in English, Like Water and Other Stories, is forthcoming in 2019. Raised in St. Petersburg, she now makes her home in San Francisco.

Marie Ross’s Brahms

May 4, 2020 | Olga Zilberbourg

Marie Ross with one of the clarinets showcased on her Brahms recording. Clarinet photo by by Matthew Gregan. In this profile of clarinetist Maire Ross, Olga Zilberbourg explores how...
Like Water and Other Stories by Olga Zilberbourg

Spring 2020
Olga Zilberbourg

Santa Rosa, California. WTAW Press. 2019. 184 pages. The fifty-two short stories in Like Water by Russian author Olga Zilberbourg illustrate protagonists trying to stay afloat. In her Englis...
Women in Public Art: An Essay

November 4, 2019 | Olga Zilberbourg

Photo by CatDancer / Flickr A few years ago, on a brief visit to Seville, Spain, my husband, son, and I came across an unexpected sculpture. Having cruised by the monuments to monarchs, priest...
Contemporary Russian-language Literature

Spring 2019
Olga Zilberbourg

WHEN WE SAY “Russian literature” we think about the classics, but contemporary Russian-language writing is as vibrant as it is geographically and politically diverse. Within the Russi...
Three Flash Fictions

January 2017
Olga Zilberbourg

How to Deliver a Genius Advice from a St. Petersburg–based website (*) Conceive in April, May, or June. A child conceived in the fall has no chance to amount to anyt...