Olga Zilberbourg is the author of Like Water and Other Stories, which explores “bicultural identity hilariously, poignantly,” according to the Moscow Times. She serves as a co-moderator of the San Francisco Writers Workshop and co-edits Punctured Lines, a blog on the literatures of the former USSR and diaspora.
Sandro Botticelli, La mappa dell’Inferno, ca. 1480–90, Vatican Library / Wikimedia[Midway upon the journey]
midway upon the journey of our life I found myself within an endless war
well it’s…