Bridging Words, Breaking Chains

A Bilingual Writer's Journey from Censorship to Freedom

I have always maintained, even as a schoolboy in Russia, that the nationality of a worthwhile writer is of secondary importance… The writer’s art is his real passport.

- Vladimir Nabokov, Russian-American novelist

Twenty-four years ago, my dad bought me a PC, which opened a whole new world for me. 

Nineteen years ago, I created my first blog on MySpace and…