The Svetlana Boym reader

Svetlana Boym was a prolific writer, a charismatic professor, a novelist, and a public intellectual.

She was also a fiercely resourceful and reflective immigrant; her most resonant book, 'The Future of Nostalgia', was deeply rooted in that experience.

Even after that book carried her fame beyond academic circles, few readers were aware of all of her creative personas.

She was simply too prolific, and her work migrated across most people's disciplinary boundaries - from literary and cultural studies through film, visual, and material culture studies, performance, intermedia, and new media.

This title presents a comprehensive view of Boym's singularly creative work in all its aspects.

It includes her classic essays, carefully chosen excerpts from her five books, and journalistic gems.