PinnedNadine BjursteninOn ReflectionLessons of Life from a Desert RoseFinding connection in Iran’s Central Desert·10 min read·Feb 27, 2024--13--13
PinnedNadine BjursteninILLUMINATIONWhat Putin Gets Wrong About Tolstoy and DostoevskyTo understand how Putin could get it so wrong, one must turn to a well-known character of Russian literature, Rodion Raskolnikov…·6 min read·Mar 20, 2022--17--17
Nadine BjursteninOn ReflectionThe Simple Truth About the Stories We TellAnd how it is in us to take charge of our future·5 min read·Apr 29, 2024----
Nadine BjursteninThe Narrative ArcTales of Motherhood From an Unlikely SourceHow a walk in the forest helped me adjust to the teen years·7 min read·Mar 28, 2024--8--8
Nadine BjursteninILLUMINATIONThe Colonel That Saved the WorldOppenheimer may have created the nuclear bomb, but Colonel Petrov saved us from it·4 min read·Mar 12, 2024----
Nadine BjursteninFor AweOf Course It HurtsA new translation of a poem by Swedish modernist Karin Boye (1900–1941)·3 min read·Apr 18, 2023--4--4
Nadine BjursteninILLUMINATION12 Literary Quotes That Will Make You Catch Your BreathAnd then compel you to put down your coffee and open your computer (or pick up a pen)·6 min read·Sep 27, 2022--7--7
Nadine BjursteninThe Book CafeTen Quotes from Anna Karenina That Will Make You a Better WriterAnd Make You Want to Read (Reread) it·8 min read·Jun 14, 2022--11--11
Nadine BjursteninThe Curiouser ReaderA Ukrainian Beekeeper in the War ZoneA Review of Andrey Kurkov’s Grey Bees6 min read·May 24, 2022--4--4
Nadine BjursteninILLUMINATION’S MIRRORHow Leo Tolstoy Influenced Mahatma GandhiThe One-Year Correspondence that Would Change the Course of History11 min read·Apr 29, 2022--4--4