In the new edition of the Neighbor Shelving podcast, the inimitable Tatyana Tolstaya is a Russian writer and TV presenter (a former one, she claims).

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Tatyana Tolstaya: https://t.me/TatyanaTolstaya
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00:00 – Release teaser
00:54 – Heading “Who is this?”
2:41 – About the literary gene of writers in the Tolstoy family
4:20 - Is a writer a profession or a vocation?
9:56 – Is it bad to be a careerist?
11:42 – About “junk” literature and its circulation
13:35 - Is it possible to learn to be a writer?
16:08 – The difference between a professional reader and an amateur
17:53 – Is it necessary to look for meaning in every written text?
22:50 – On the formation of the right image in literature
31:00 – About the “School of Scandal”
34:50 - Why Volochkova is the best guest in the "School of Scandal"
37:05 – The concepts of ethics and aesthetics in the Russian mind
41:44 – The best aesthetes of modern Russia
43:07 – About Tatyana’s new book “The Extermination of the Persians”
49:15 - Is the Russian mentality close to the East or the West?
56:00 – About the abolition of Russian culture
56:47 – Why did the “School of Scandal” close?
58:57 – About the possible return of the program in a new format
1:01:41 – Heading “Bon Stellage” – book tips from Tatyana Tolstaya
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