Rozalija Grace · Розалия Грейс
@rozalijagrace.com
Russian and Armenian diasporic writer, translator, & soon-to-be lesbian tradwife to @erswrites.bsky.social. Into Slavic & Turkic art & lit, inclusive orthodoxy ☦️, Steely Dan. Twice dubbed "the Simone Biles of sex". Россия будет свободной. rozalijagrace.com
Many thank to the editors at Tern for including a translation of mine from my favourite Russian poet—Nikolai Klyuev—in their debut issue! I am so pleased to get to share him with you.
Nikolai Klyuev – Tern
ternjournal.org
October 2, 2026 at 12:26 AM
Many thank to the editors at Tern for including a translation of mine from my favourite Russian poet—Nikolai Klyuev—in their debut issue! I am so pleased to get to share him with you.
I am convinced the world's most accurate personality test would be making someone learn a language and recording all the mnemonics they devise to remember the words.
September 28, 2026 at 5:16 PM
I am convinced the world's most accurate personality test would be making someone learn a language and recording all the mnemonics they devise to remember the words.
I'm sorry, what metric is there for whether prose is good *except* whether humans like it?
September 28, 2026 at 2:10 AM
I'm sorry, what metric is there for whether prose is good *except* whether humans like it?
Ուրեմն՝ Մաշտոցը կետադրություն էր հնարում, և ինչ-որ վանական հարցրեց նրան՝ «Այ, Մեսրո՜պ, ի՞նչ է սա։» և նա ասաց՝ «Բացականչական նշանը։» և *ոչ ո՞ք* վանքում այնքան քաջ չէր, որ ասեր նրան դա հինգ անգամ արագ կրկնել։
September 27, 2026 at 7:21 PM
Ուրեմն՝ Մաշտոցը կետադրություն էր հնարում, և ինչ-որ վանական հարցրեց նրան՝ «Այ, Մեսրո՜պ, ի՞նչ է սա։» և նա ասաց՝ «Բացականչական նշանը։» և *ոչ ո՞ք* վանքում այնքան քաջ չէր, որ ասեր նրան դա հինգ անգամ արագ կրկնել։
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I stumbled across this photo from 1983-ish, no idea who took it, from Kazakhstan near Baikonur. It is basically the plot to one of my favorite books, “The Day Lasts More Than A Hundred Years” by Chinghiz Aitmatov.
September 25, 2026 at 8:19 PM
I stumbled across this photo from 1983-ish, no idea who took it, from Kazakhstan near Baikonur. It is basically the plot to one of my favorite books, “The Day Lasts More Than A Hundred Years” by Chinghiz Aitmatov.
I grew up on the Cook Inlet, and I promise you: the Yanks have already done enough to ruin the place since they bought it without adding this.
ICYMI: Beluga whales need your help!
The Cook Inlet, where these sensitive whales live, is being eyed as the new home for an underwater #DataCenter.
The noise alone could spell destruction for these precious animals! Don't let Cook Inlet belugas become the latest casualty of the #AI boom.
The Cook Inlet, where these sensitive whales live, is being eyed as the new home for an underwater #DataCenter.
The noise alone could spell destruction for these precious animals! Don't let Cook Inlet belugas become the latest casualty of the #AI boom.
Save Cook Inlet Belugas From an Underwater Data Center
The Trump administration is considering a preliminary permit application for an underwater data center in Alaska, right in the middle of critical habitat for endangered Cook Inlet beluga whales. Tell ...
act.biologicaldiversity.org
September 24, 2026 at 9:45 PM
I grew up on the Cook Inlet, and I promise you: the Yanks have already done enough to ruin the place since they bought it without adding this.
I genuinely think most Westerners believe they invented colour, sunshine, and art, and that they magnanimously introduced these to Eastern Europe for the very first time after the Wall fell.
The NYT's Moldova photo essay called an elected official "a teacher," styled a fashion designer and a film student to look like Soviet factory workers, and opened with "gray" to describe the sunniest month Chisinau had all year.
open.substack.com/pub/moldovam...
open.substack.com/pub/moldovam...
September 24, 2026 at 6:09 PM
I genuinely think most Westerners believe they invented colour, sunshine, and art, and that they magnanimously introduced these to Eastern Europe for the very first time after the Wall fell.
Why is Armenian the best language for erotic fiction? Because the word for page is էջ.
Jonathan Roumie's Ba Dum Tss Joke
ALT: Jonathan Roumie's Ba Dum Tss Joke
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September 22, 2026 at 5:45 PM
Why is Armenian the best language for erotic fiction? Because the word for page is էջ.
Reposted by Rozalija Grace · Розалия Грейс
“all protestants hate abba” is a stereotype that I’m definitely going to fall back on
September 21, 2026 at 11:35 AM
“all protestants hate abba” is a stereotype that I’m definitely going to fall back on
Beautiful and heartbreaking. I wish anyone in the West (կամ առհասարակ Պաշինյանի վարչակազմում) gave a f*ck.
IALA 2025 mentee Siranush Sargsyan shares the multifaceted experience of exile, three years after Artsakh's ethnic cleansing, for EVN Report.
The Future We Keep Postponing
Listen to the AI generated audio article. Your browser does not support the audio element. Three years after the entire
evnreport.com
September 21, 2026 at 12:24 AM
Beautiful and heartbreaking. I wish anyone in the West (կամ առհասարակ Պաշինյանի վարչակազմում) gave a f*ck.
Моё новое эссе о ИИ @publicorthodoxy.bsky.social теперь доступно на русском!
«Как странника»: православный взгляд на встречу с искусственным интеллектом
Едва ли какие-то строки Шекспира повторяют чаще, чем гамлетовское «И в небе и в земле сокрыто больше, / Чем снится вашей мудрости, Горацио»[1]. Они под стать нашему времени, когда мир что ни день пере...
https://publicorthodoxy.org/ru/2026/09/18/как-странника-православный-взгляд/
September 20, 2026 at 5:54 PM
Моё новое эссе о ИИ @publicorthodoxy.bsky.social теперь доступно на русском!
My new piece in @publicorthodoxy.bsky.social, in which I say deeply unpopular things about AI but reassure the reader that I am a Very Serious Theologian™ by talking about fairies.
As a Stranger: Orthodox Encounter with AI
Few lines of Shakespeare are as oft-repeated as Hamlet’s “There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, / than are dreamt of in your philosophy.” It is fit for our present, when the world overthrows itself daily and undreamt-of things proliferate to the point of banality. Among these, artificial intelligence seems to rouse the...
publicorthodoxy.org
September 18, 2026 at 10:43 PM
My new piece in @publicorthodoxy.bsky.social, in which I say deeply unpopular things about AI but reassure the reader that I am a Very Serious Theologian™ by talking about fairies.
Jarlsberg is underrated as a grating cheese for topping dishes.
September 18, 2026 at 4:49 PM
Jarlsberg is underrated as a grating cheese for topping dishes.
This is good news. It is a small step, but a step in the right direction. May many more follow.
New signs connect Como Lake visitors with Dakota history and language
New signage at Como Regional Park in St. Paul shares the lake’s history, ecosystem and wildlife in six languages, including the Dakota language. Two signs highlight Como Lake's cultural significance t...
www.mprnews.org
September 17, 2026 at 5:49 PM
This is good news. It is a small step, but a step in the right direction. May many more follow.
I know the USSR had its seediness & corruption & brutality, but it is often hard—as someone born at its end—not to see it in retrospect as a remarkably wholesome place.
Look at this guy: "You go have fun, honey. I'll take the baby with me when I go down to the park to play chess with the boys."
Look at this guy: "You go have fun, honey. I'll take the baby with me when I go down to the park to play chess with the boys."
September 17, 2026 at 3:08 PM
I know the USSR had its seediness & corruption & brutality, but it is often hard—as someone born at its end—not to see it in retrospect as a remarkably wholesome place.
Look at this guy: "You go have fun, honey. I'll take the baby with me when I go down to the park to play chess with the boys."
Look at this guy: "You go have fun, honey. I'll take the baby with me when I go down to the park to play chess with the boys."
Oh, these are gorgeous.
Thrilled to have two poems in the latest lovely issue of @birdcoatquarterly.bsky.social. Thank you to Anna Sandy Elrod for choosing "fade" and "on wind", both writings from my Colorado heart.
September 15, 2026 at 4:05 PM
Oh, these are gorgeous.
In Armenian, we use the same word—վանդակ / vandak—to mean both a cell (as in a spreadsheet) and a cage (as for a bird), and as an office worker, I think that's beautiful.
September 14, 2026 at 10:54 PM
In Armenian, we use the same word—վանդակ / vandak—to mean both a cell (as in a spreadsheet) and a cage (as for a bird), and as an office worker, I think that's beautiful.
Արեցի՜։ Հիմա, ձեր միջից ո՞վ է թաքուն խմբագրում հայերեն ժուրնալ։
Being a writer is hell. You wake up with a long to-do list, then somebody offhand mentions a Greek myth & suddenly there is *nothing* you have to do as much as write an Armenian poem about an Ottoman Sufi master's tomb on Lemnos (y'know, before you forget) & everything else will just have to WAIT.
September 14, 2026 at 5:43 PM
Արեցի՜։ Հիմա, ձեր միջից ո՞վ է թաքուն խմբագրում հայերեն ժուրնալ։
Eschatological Optimism by Daria Dugina. I'm only a little over a hundred pages in, but I am enjoying it so far! (Also available in English for those who are interested.)
September 13, 2026 at 10:44 PM
Eschatological Optimism by Daria Dugina. I'm only a little over a hundred pages in, but I am enjoying it so far! (Also available in English for those who are interested.)
Being a writer is hell. You wake up with a long to-do list, then somebody offhand mentions a Greek myth & suddenly there is *nothing* you have to do as much as write an Armenian poem about an Ottoman Sufi master's tomb on Lemnos (y'know, before you forget) & everything else will just have to WAIT.
September 10, 2026 at 11:34 PM
Being a writer is hell. You wake up with a long to-do list, then somebody offhand mentions a Greek myth & suddenly there is *nothing* you have to do as much as write an Armenian poem about an Ottoman Sufi master's tomb on Lemnos (y'know, before you forget) & everything else will just have to WAIT.
«Заля! — спросила ты. — Люблю твои посты, но ты поэтесса. Когда же нам выдашь оригинальные стихи на русском?»
Ну, а вот и они! Я в ROAR!
Ну, а вот и они! Я в ROAR!
Розалия Грейс | Notion
15 июня 2026 года: герань поражает крышу Успенского собора
В каноне Всем святым читаем:
«Проповедует преславно и паче трубы
вопиет великая Лавра Печерская».
Той ночью герань поражает
крышу собора,...
spotted-meeting-c51.notion.site
September 10, 2026 at 9:36 PM
«Заля! — спросила ты. — Люблю твои посты, но ты поэтесса. Когда же нам выдашь оригинальные стихи на русском?»
Ну, а вот и они! Я в ROAR!
Ну, а вот и они! Я в ROAR!
If you have not treated yourself to an issue of River's Edge before, now is the time! You will find a short story about an adventurous nun and a stand-offish siren (pp. 9–11), as well as a poem about making tea (p. 63), from yours truly, alongside all manner of other treasures.
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September 10, 2026 at 9:25 PM
If you have not treated yourself to an issue of River's Edge before, now is the time! You will find a short story about an adventurous nun and a stand-offish siren (pp. 9–11), as well as a poem about making tea (p. 63), from yours truly, alongside all manner of other treasures.
This map does NOT show a US annexation of Iceland. Hear me out:
1) The discontiguous blue field in Greenland indicates that new European territories are marked by their own overlaid flag (not the [mostly] continuous one covering North American possessions).
2) Iceland has no blue field...
1) The discontiguous blue field in Greenland indicates that new European territories are marked by their own overlaid flag (not the [mostly] continuous one covering North American possessions).
2) Iceland has no blue field...
September 9, 2026 at 5:56 PM
This map does NOT show a US annexation of Iceland. Hear me out:
1) The discontiguous blue field in Greenland indicates that new European territories are marked by their own overlaid flag (not the [mostly] continuous one covering North American possessions).
2) Iceland has no blue field...
1) The discontiguous blue field in Greenland indicates that new European territories are marked by their own overlaid flag (not the [mostly] continuous one covering North American possessions).
2) Iceland has no blue field...