By Brian_Boyd, 27 May, 2024 photographs of and from the Nabokovs' cottage, Portal, Arizona, 1953 David Steingraeber, Emeritus Professor of Biology (Botany & Ecology) at Colorado State University, and his wife have become part-time residents of Portal, AZ, living in the cottage/casita on the property where Vladimir and Véra Nabokov stayed during their time in Portal in the late spring of 1953. He sent me a photo of the front of the cottage and another by a photographer friend, John Grahame, of the view from the rear, showing the mouth of Cave Creek Canyon and the Chiricahua Mountains. Both ..read more

By stephen_blackwell, 27 May, 2024 "Nabokov Readings" seminar (in Russian), May 29, Noon NY time A seminar on Pnin, "That in Aleppo Once . . . " and Camera Obscura, featuring Maksim Prokofiev. Thurs, May 29, 12:00 NYC time. YouTube and Zoom ..read more

Article: "DNA, Nabokov, and Biogeography," by Kurt Johnson and Stephen H. Blackwell Announcing a new butterfly-related article by Johnson and Blackwell stephen_blackwell Mon, 04/15/2024 - 08:13 Read more about Article: "DNA, Nabokov, and Biogeography," by Kurt Johnson and Stephen H. Blackwell Log in to post comments ..read more

By kathryn_haydon, 21 March, 2024 Poetry Recitation on March 25, 6:00 p.m. CDT Recitation of "The Mother" by Nabokov and other poems for Holy Week Tags The Mother poetry music ..read more

By stephen_blackwell, 10 March, 2024 Two performances in Paris on March 29 Two adaptations of Nabokov's works as performance art on March 29 ..read more

By stephen_blackwell, 9 March, 2024 Two new books of interest Books by Sigi Jottkandt and Guy Inchbald ..read more

Nabokov Readings Seminar-March 1, 10am US Eastern Time On March 1 at 6 p.m. SPb time we will run another online seminar. stephen_blackwell Wed, 02/28/2024 - 17:24 Read more about Nabokov Readings Seminar-March 1, 10am US Eastern Time Log in to post comments ..read more

Annotations to Ada, 55: Part 3 Chapter 1 The next set of Ada annotations, to Part 3 Chapter 1, is now available Brian_Boyd Sun, 02/25/2024 - 17:07 Read more about Annotations to Ada, 55: Part 3 Chapter 1 Log in to post comments ..read more

By stephen_blackwell, 16 February, 2024 Virtual Symposium: “Nabokov from Novel Perspectives” March 1, 2024 “Nabokov from Novel Perspectives” Virtual Symposium, March 1, 2024, 11:15am Pacific Time ..read more

From Nabokov's Net: VN & Science exhibit at Cornell, March 14-July 31 (w. Naomi Pierce) Information and link to an upcoming exhibit at Cornell University, From Nabokov's Net: Nabokov’s contributions to butterfly science & the Cornell University Insect Collection. stephen_blackwell Wed, 02/07/2024 - 12:01 Read more about From Nabokov's Net: VN & Science exhibit at Cornell, March 14-July 31 (w. Naomi Pierce) Log in to post comments ..read more