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WSJ’s Gershkovich writing book about his time in prison, Russia

October 12, 2024

Posted by Chris Roush

Evan Gershkovich

Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich, released from a Russian prison earlier this year, is writing a book about that time and the country’s move to autocracy, reports Alexandra Alter and Katie Robertson of The New York Times.

Alter and Robertson write, “The memoir will be published in the United States by Crown, an imprint of Penguin Random House, with a tentative publication date in 2026.

“Paul Whitlatch, an editorial director for Crown, called the book ‘a testament to human resilience and a work of first-person reportage with few precedents in modern times.’

“His statement continued, ‘During those sixteen months in Russian prisons, he never stopped being a reporter, even as he faced a reality few of us can imagine.'”

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