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.

Spring 2020

Like Water and Other Stories by 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...
Spring 2019

Contemporary Russian-language Literature

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...
January 2017

Three Flash Fictions

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...