Russia's Nuclear Bombing Past
on the Steppes of Kazakhstan
Last fall, I visited the Atomic Lake and the nuclear bombing fields in northern Kazakhstan, considered by some as the most radiated place on earth.
Check out my story in Foreign Policy and more photos on my blog.
Check out my story in Foreign Policy and more photos on my blog.
Bloody January Series
One year ago, Kazakhstan erupted in protests initially over rising gas prices but eventually over the continued political interference of previous president Nursultan Nazarbayev who resigned in 2019. The protest started in Zhanaozen in the western part of the country and spread to all corners, lasting nearly seven days. When it was over more than 228 people had died, and 10,000 were detained and questioned by police and several hundred tortured.
This summer I spent nearly four months and traveled more than 12,000 miles to interview the journalists who covered the protest at great risk to their own lives. This week, on the first anniversary of the protest, The Diplomat and Orda.kz are running my recounting of what happened. These are the stories of Bloody January by those who covered the protests and were attacked, detained or imprisoned.
This summer I spent nearly four months and traveled more than 12,000 miles to interview the journalists who covered the protest at great risk to their own lives. This week, on the first anniversary of the protest, The Diplomat and Orda.kz are running my recounting of what happened. These are the stories of Bloody January by those who covered the protests and were attacked, detained or imprisoned.
Radio Free Liberty/Radio Europe interviewed me about the series. Here is the interview in English.
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Voice of America Interview with me about my work in Uzbekistan
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Poison Girls is a Finalist in the Next
Generation Indie Book Awards!
Chicago Writers Association Says Poison
Girls Is The Best Book of the Year!
A crime reporter discovers a serial killer targeting daughters of Democratic powerhouses in Chicago and becomes entangled in an underworld where drugs, cops, gangs, politics, and privilege collide.
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--M.L. Collins, judge for the Chicago Writers Association Book Awards
--M.L. Collins, judge for the Chicago Writers Association Book Awards
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--Janet Burroway, author of Writing Fiction
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