Books

published

1 / Joseph Brodsky and the Baroque

2 / Joseph Brodsky and the Soviet Muse

3 / Red Stars: Personality and the Soviet Popular Song, 1955–1991

4 / Estrada?!: Grand Narratives and the Philosophy of the Russian Popular Song since Perestroika

5 / Songs for Fat People: Affect, Emotion, and Celebrity in the Russian Popular Song, 1900–1955

6 / The Sad Comedy of Èl'dar Riazanov: An Introduction to Russia's Most Popular Filmmaker

7 / Yellow Crocodiles and Blue Oranges: Russian Animated Film since World War II

8 / I Grant Them All Forgiveness . Edited Akhmatova vol., National Library of Russia (in Russian)

9 / Russian Culture in Uzbekistan: One Language in the Middle of Nowhere

10 / Russian Television Today: Primetime Drama and Comedy

11 / Bling à la Russe (in Russian)

completed / under offer

12 / Brazen Lawlessness: Russian Popular Song 1877–1917 (in Russian)

13 / Song and Dance / Love and Death: Soviet Literature and Modern Music’s 'Z-Scene' (in Russian)

14 / Too Much of Everything: A Possible History of Russian Popular and Unpopular Music, 1987–Now (in Russian)

current project

15 / Russian Musical Taste since 2020. How and Why? (est. summer 2025 / in Russian)