Babel in California

n+1, number two, Spring 2005.

"Babel in California" narrates the events surrounding a conference at Stanford University, about the life and work of Russian short-story master Isaac Babel. Batuman was one of the graduate students who helped the conference organizer, Gregory Freidin, prepare a concurrent exhibit of Babel-related items from Stanford's Hoover Archives. You will find the full text of "Babel in California" (40+ pages) in n+1 Issue 2.

Read an excerpt here.