Archive - Few and Far In Between

B Train to Brighton

An Introduction and Essay from "Little Odessa, A Brighton Beach Anthology"

May 25 •

Ester Petukhova

April 2025

This is your brain on Instagram

Uh oh…. time to talk about the algorithm in the room.

Apr 24 •

Ester Petukhova

Failing hard, then fast

Voila! The “Few” routine entries of writing very much did become the “Far In-Between”.

Apr 17 •

Ester Petukhova

July 2024

A Year in New York.

With August afoot in a matter of days, I return to bestow a wee collection of reflections and rumblings on what my first year in the city has been like.

Jul 30, 2024 •

Ester Petukhova

May 2024

Floral Superstitions

“April showers bring May flowers”— right, and taking an uptown 1 beyond 125th Street at two in the morning will almost certainly guarantee a few odd…

May 20, 2024 •

Ester Petukhova

Maybe in another lifetime, but maybe not

It is brilliant how many devices, systems of beliefs, or forms of analysis one will come up with to explain away and rationalize their experiences in…

May 6, 2024 •

Ester Petukhova

March 2024

"Little Odessa" Brighton Beach: A Shifting Post-Soviet Landscape

Last week I received exciting news about the selection of my grant proposal for the 2024 Scholastic Art & Writing Alumni Micro-grant!

Mar 14, 2024 •

Ester Petukhova

February 2024

To paint, is to translate

When image-making and image-searching coalesce...

Feb 29, 2024 •

Ester Petukhova

On the After-ness of war and loss.

Feb 20, 2024 •

Ester Petukhova

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