Gregory FreidinGregory Freidin is Professor of Slavic Languages and Literature at Stanford University. He is the author of a critical biography, A Coat of Many Colors: Osip Mandelstam and His Mythologies of Self-Presentation, and has publihed widely on modern Russian literature, culture, and current affairs. After writing and lecturing on Babel for many years, he is completing a book on Babel’s life and legacy. Read More Read Less