On Latvia

Diana Mathur

1940 High School Activist Voldemārs Treimanis & the 12 Who Didn't Survive

The high school aged activist in my novels, "Vilz Zarins", is inspired by Voldemārs Treimanis, who was part of the 1940 "Free Latvia"...

Diana Mathur

Soundtrack to a Revolution

Subversive 80s rock band Pērkons a stepping stone to freedom in Latvia, and brought to life in a VR Rockumentary directed by Cory McLeod.

Diana Mathur

Surviving Eastern Front and Gulag with Optimism Intact

Bankovičs memoir of the Latvian Legion, Gulag prison camp is translated in crisp, haunting language. Reviewer asks what could have

Diana Mathur

Saturday is Winter Solstice

Savor the dark. Embrace seclusion and quiet. Sip hot bone broth. Read, introspect, hibernate, be still.

Diana Mathur

Nobel Laureate Schiller's address to Baltic Boston on the American Dream

European Project, Baltic Dream, Paths Forward Where American Dream Falters Robert J. Shiller, Sterling Professor of Economics at Yale...