Sophie Pinkham

Sophie Pinkham is an American journalist and writer. She is a professor of practice in the Comparative Literature Department at Cornell University.[1] She was a finalist for the Nona Balakian Citation for Excellence in Reviewing. She won the 2023 British Journalism Award for Travel Journalism.[2][3]

Pinkham grew up in New York City.[4] She graduated from Yale University, and Columbia University.[5]

Pinkham's work has appeared in the Baffler,[6] Dissent,[7] Harper's,[8] The Nation,[9] n + 1,[10] The Paris Review,[11] The New Statesman,[12] the New York Review of Books.[13] and the New Yorker.[14]

Books

  • Black Square: Adventures in the Post-Soviet World (W. W. Norton, 2016)[15][16]
  • The Oak and the Larch: A Forest History of Russia and Its Empires (2026)[17][18][19][20][21][22]

References

  1. ^ "Sophie Pinkham | A&S Departments". complit.cornell.edu. Retrieved 2026-02-01.
  2. ^ Blackwood, | Kate; A; Communications, S. (2024-01-08). "Pinkham wins British Journalism Award for feature on migrants". as.cornell.edu. Retrieved 2026-02-01.
  3. ^ Tobitt, Charlotte (2023-12-14). "British Journalism Awards winners 2023: Guardian wins big, Gabriel Pogrund of Sunday Times is Journalist of the Year". Press Gazette. Retrieved 2026-02-01.
  4. ^ Bader, Leo (12 October 2023). "Sophie Pinkham talks poetry, traveling and politics". The Wesleyan Argus. Retrieved 1 February 2026.
  5. ^ "Sophie Pinkham". The Poetry Foundation. Retrieved 2026-02-01.
  6. ^ "Speak and Sell | Sophie Pinkham". The Baffler. 2025-10-27. Retrieved 2026-02-01.
  7. ^ "Returning to Maidan". Dissent Magazine. Retrieved 2026-02-01.
  8. ^ Pinkham, Sophie. "Ghosts of Borodino: A poet's battle against Russian nationalism". Harper's Magazine. Vol. June 2021. ISSN 0017-789X. Retrieved 2026-02-01.
  9. ^ "Sophie Pinkham". The Nation. 2013-04-10. Retrieved 2026-02-01.
  10. ^ "Pinkham/Sophie". n+1. Retrieved 2026-02-01.
  11. ^ "Sophie Pinkham". The Paris Review. Retrieved 2026-02-01.
  12. ^ "Sophie Pinkham". New Statesman. Retrieved 2026-02-01.
  13. ^ "Sophie Pinkham". The New York Review of Books. Retrieved 2026-02-01.
  14. ^ Nast, Condé. "Sophie Pinkham". The New Yorker. Retrieved 2026-02-01.
  15. ^ "Black Square: Adventures in Post-Soviet Ukraine by Sophie Pinkham".
  16. ^ Meier, Andrew (25 November 2016). "A 20-Something American Falls in Love with Ukraine". The New York Times.
  17. ^ "The Oak and the Larch: A Forest History of Russia and Its Empires by Sophie Pinkham". www.publishersweekly.com. Retrieved 2026-02-01.
  18. ^ THE OAK AND THE LARCH | Kirkus Reviews.
  19. ^ Hammer, Joshua (2026-01-30). "Book Review: 'The Oak and the Larch,' by Sophie Pinkham". The New York Times. Retrieved 2026-02-01.
  20. ^ Evans, Julian (2026-02-01). "Want to understand Russia's true nature? Look into its forests". The Telegraph. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 2026-02-01.
  21. ^ Bromwich, Kathryn (2026-01-07). "The Oak and the Larch by Sophie Pinkham review – are Russia's forests the key to its identity?". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2026-02-01.
  22. ^ "What trees mean to Russia, through a history of war and peace". Christian Science Monitor. ISSN 0882-7729. Retrieved 2026-02-01.

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