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Annie Fisher @affisher.bsky.social · Jul 22

Thank you, #1 fan! 😘

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Derek Mong @derekmong.bsky.social · Jul 22

@affisher.bsky.social makes her television debut talking about Pioneer Summer. And she bloody killed it! Watch below.

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"Pioneer Summer" Translator Anne O. Fisher Shares Story Behind Gay Romance Novel

Kateryna Sylvanova and Elena Malisova’s star-crossed gay romance is a #1 bestselling TikTok sensation that took readers by storm, made international news, and c

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Annie Fisher @affisher.bsky.social · Jul 22

Hey y'all, I was just on the tee-vee! Many thanks to host Helen Raptis and the team at AM Northwest, the Pacific Northwest's favorite morning show, for having me on to talk about Elena Malysova and Kateryna Sylvanova's smash hit #pioneersummer! Watch it here: katu.com/amnw/am-nort...

"Pioneer Summer" Translator Anne O. Fisher Shares Story Behind Gay Romance Novel

Kateryna Sylvanova and Elena Malisova’s star-crossed gay romance is a #1 bestselling TikTok sensation that took readers by storm, made international news, and c

katu.com

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Annie Fisher @affisher.bsky.social · Jul 4

Thank you to fellow translator @monikacassel.bsky.social for sharing this pic of #pioneersummer on the shelf at @powells.bsky.social! Can't wait for the reading at Powell's on Hawthorne this July 22nd. And here is Monika herself, adding the book to her collection! 😍 🎉

Annie Fisher @affisher.bsky.social · Jul 3

Hey folks! 🎉 Thrilled to share that poetry by @bjsoloy.bsky.social, an essay by Raymond McDaniel, and a novel excerpt by Jeremy Grimshaw are all live and ready to go on @atlengthmag.bsky.social! Drop by and be mesmerized! 🥳 🎈

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At Length @atlengthmag.bsky.social · Jul 2

And you can find one of our new poets, @bjsoloy.bsky.social, here on BlueSky

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At Length @atlengthmag.bsky.social · Jul 2

At Length's July issue is now live, with a long poem from BJ Soloy, an essay on Micronauts by Raymond McDaniel, and "The Dreams and Damnation of Bishop Koyle," a novel excerpt by Jeremy Grimshaw! 1/2

www.atlengthmag.com

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Annie Fisher @affisher.bsky.social · Jun 22

Thank you to @sophianguyen.bsky.social of the @washingtonpost.com for her excellent interview with #pioneersummer coauthors Elena Malisova and Kateryna Sylvanova!

“Then the book went out into the big world,” Malisova said, “and we discovered things were really way worse than we thought.”

Two friends wrote a gay romance — and had to flee Russia

“Pioneer Summer,” by Elena Malisova and Kateryna Sylvanova, which sparked a backlash amid a government crackdown, is now available in English

www.washingtonpost.com

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Annie Fisher @affisher.bsky.social · Jun 19

Hey Chicago! Come see me read from #pioneersummer tomorrow night at City Lit Books, in conversation with the rad and talented Ali Kinsella!

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Annie Fisher @affisher.bsky.social · Jun 10

This.

Opinion | Here’s What’s Happening in America, in Six (Mostly) Russian Terms

www.nytimes.com

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Annie Fisher @affisher.bsky.social · Jun 5

Also may be the only time we are both in the same Top 10 list as Joy Harjo! ❤️

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Annie Fisher @affisher.bsky.social · Jun 5

It was totally worth it! Thank you so much to @bdralyuk.bsky.social, the Tulsa Artist Fellowship and Magic City books for hosting us and bringing poetry & queer lit to the OK top 10!!! 😍

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Derek Mong @derekmong.bsky.social · Jun 5

Oh, this is sweet and hilarious and will never happen again: Annie and I had the #2 and #5 best-selling books in Oklahoma last week, based on four bookstores in the state.

I guess that reading in Tulsa was worth it! Thanks @bdralyuk.bsky.social.

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Annie Fisher @affisher.bsky.social · Jun 3

And also, don't miss Ed Nawotka's related Publishers Weekly piece:

Russia Arrests Publishers, Accuses Them of Distributing ‘LGBT Propaganda’

Russian authorities have put two current and one former employee of Eksmo—Russia’s largest publishing house—under house arrest, accusing them of distributing “LGBT propaganda.

www.publishersweekly.com

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Annie Fisher @affisher.bsky.social · Jun 3

And all my love and thanks to the best partner I could ever ask for, @derekmong.bsky.social, for his support during my work on this important and moving (and hilarious, and occasionally harrowing) project. Thank you all! Please also check out Brendan Dowling's interview:

Kateryna Sylvanova And Elena Malisova On The Rapturous Romance At The Heart Of Their Novel - Public Libraries Online

Elena Malisova and Kateryna Sylvanova’s Pioneer Summer is a decade-spanning, deeply felt romance set in an unlikely location, a Soviet-era summer camp. In 1986, Yurka is a rebellious, sharp-witted six...

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Annie Fisher @affisher.bsky.social · Jun 3

Much gratitude to @alexfineillos.bsky.social for his superb cover, and a deep bow of gratitude to @edoballerini.bsky.social for his gorgeous performance of the audiobook! Special thanks to friend and fellow translator Brad Damare for his help and consultation.

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Annie Fisher @affisher.bsky.social · Jun 3

Thrilled for #pioneersummer pub day today! Congrats to the coauthors Elena Malisova and Kateryna Sylvanova ❤️🎉 and deepest thanks to Ruby Pucillo, Taryn Roeder, @abbymuller.bsky.social, @zackknoll.bsky.social, Jamison Stoltz, and the rest of the Abrams team for making this such a fantastic book.

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Uncle Duke @uncleduke1969.bsky.social · Jun 3

“WHO YOU CALLING A BUNCH OF PANSIES?!?”

Patch of pansy flowers seeming to have angry faces.

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Annie Fisher @affisher.bsky.social · Jun 2

Calling All Translators! @atlengthmag.bsky.social is open for translation submissions in June and July 2025! Read up on our submission guidelines below and reach out to [email protected] if you have any questions. Looking forward to reading your work!

atlengthmag.com/submissions/

Submissions

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At Length @atlengthmag.bsky.social · Jun 2

We're opening up submissions for translations in June and July! And we've even got a snazzy new email for you to send
'em to: [email protected].

Submission guidelines below. @affisher.bsky.social is excited to read your work!

atlengthmag.com/submissions/

Submissions

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Annie Fisher @affisher.bsky.social · May 23

Hey Tulsa! Come hear me read from #Pioneersummerbook (by Kateryna Sylvanova and Elena Malisova) with @derekmong.bsky.social (reading his own poetry) hosted by @bdralyuk.bsky.social! Much gratitude to the Tulsa Artists Fellowship and Magic City Books for their support and organization.

Forbidden Love in Dark Times

Forbidden Love in Dark Times: A Reading by Poet Derek Mong and Translator Anne O. Fisher, Introduced by Tulsa Artist Fellow Boris Dralyuk

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Annie Fisher @affisher.bsky.social · May 23

Thank you, Lisa! 🙏

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Annie Fisher @affisher.bsky.social · May 17

Here's the Eksmo list of books to be destroyed (source: www.rbc.ru/society/15/0...)

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Mediazona English @en.zona.media · May 14

Longtime distribution director of Eksmo, Russia’s leading publishing house, and staff at Popcorn Books and Individuum detained in Russia after targeted raids. They face “extremist” charges over books in a literary crackdown. Here’s what you need to know:

en.zona.media/article/2025...

Publishing purges. Russian law enforcement arrests prominent book publishers in “extremism” raids

Among the detained are distribution director at Eksmo as well as employees of Popcorn Books and Individuum

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Annie Fisher @affisher.bsky.social · May 16

Hoping the publishers and personnel who were arrested are soon released and all charges dropped... but not holding my breath. (PS. For an excellent analysis of how the RF ended up the way it is, read #sofioksanen's Same River Twice: Putin's War On Women.)

Police Arrest Publishing House Staff Over Alleged LGBTQ+ Books - The Moscow Times

Law enforcement authorities searched the offices of Russia’s largest book publisher and arrested several employees over alleged LGBTQ+ “propaganda” and “extremism,” Russian media and rights groups rep...

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