O n the chill, wet afternoon of August 14, 1975, the Russian composer Dmitri Shostakovich was buried as a bad military band thumped its way through the Soviet national anthem. He had died a hero. According to his obituary in Pravda, Shostakovich was a “loyal son of the Communist Party” who “devoted his entire life […]
Erika Kinetz
Erika Kinetz lives in New York and is currently working on a collection of short stories.