portrait
Soviet Russia Today
March, 1944 issue
On the cover:
Soviet guerilla heroine
T. Galavenskaya
A couple of years ago, I discovered Steve Trussel’s great Howard Fast archive on his website EclectiCity.  I was working on a new project at the time and Steve had some important material in his Fast archive which he generously shared with me for my project.  I have always appreciated Steve’s efforts in building such a great archive and it was really kind of him to share his transcription of a relatively rare work.

I recently purchased a vintage issue of Soviet Russia Today (the March 1944 issue to be precise) from an eBay seller and as I was excited to find a short book review written by Howard Fast near the back of the magazine.  The review was of the book Konstantin Simonov's Short Stories.  Steve’s website was the first thing that came to mind and I quickly wrote to him to share news of my discovery.  After we corresponded a bit, I sent him a transcription of the review along with the scan of the cover of the magazine.  The full text of the review is now posted on online as a permanent addition to the Howard Fast section of the EclectiCity.  Click here to view the text.


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