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Writers

Keith Gessen

Politics

Killer, Kleptocrat, Genius, Spy

The many myths of Vladimir Putin.

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Keith Gessen on the Longform Podcast

Keith Gessen The Guardian Feb 2017 25min Permalink

Arts Business

The War of the Words

A history of the war between Amazon and the book industry.

Keith Gessen Vanity Fair Dec 2014 30min Permalink

World

Why Not Kill Them All?

A dispatch from Donetsk.

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Previously: Keith Gessen on the Longform Podcast.

Keith Gessen London Review of Books Sep 2014 25min Permalink

Arts Business

The Book on Publishing

The decade-long journey of a novel–Chad Harbach’s The Art of Fielding–through the unpredictable world of book publishing.

Keith Gessen Vanity Fair Oct 2011 55min Permalink

World

To Russia With Love

"For 20 beautiful years, my homeland was open and (kind of) free. Now, I fear, it’s closing back up."

Previously: Keith Gessen on the Longform Podcast.

Keith Gessen Medium Mar 2014 Permalink

Politics World

Cell Block Four

The rise and fall of the new oligarchs, who raided the Russian state. When Putin came to power most fled, but not Mikhail Khodorkovsky: “The other oligarchs, when they saw the fuzz, knew they should run. But Khodorkovsky forgot.”

Keith Gessen London Review of Books Feb 2010 25min Permalink

Arts

Money

The economics of being a young writer.

Keith Gessen n+1 Mar 2006 10min Permalink

Crime

Central Booking

A log of the 32 shitless hours that the author spent in the Tombs prison after being arrested during an Occupy Wall Street protest.

Keith Gessen New Yorker Nov 2011 25min Permalink