Gregory Carleton, associate professor of Russian at Tufts University and an associate at the Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies at Harvard University, is the author of The Politics of Reception: Critical Constructions of Mikhail Zoshchenko.

“A genuinely compelling narrative of the stormy debates surrounding the all-important issue of sex and sexuality during the first decade of Soviet Power. Carleton’s great achievement [lies] in the powerful lens of sex to spotlight the spectrum of ideological and discursive diversity that characterized the culture and ideology of the 1920s Soviet Union.”—Slavic Review|"Substantially widens the sexual 'canon' of early Soviet writing. Carleton's book introduces many previously neglected figures and depicts the cultural and literary dynamics of 'the sexual question' as complex and nuanced."—Eric Naiman, University of California-Berkeley|"Provides a colorful, detailed canvas of early Soviet society as the author explores the 'sexual question' that obsessed so many young communists during the 1920s. . . . Will be required reading for anyone who is interested in the issue of sexuality in revolutionary Russia.”—Ronald LeBlanc, University of New Hampshire

Gregory Carleton, associate professor of Russian at Tufts University and an associate at the Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies at Harvard University, is the author of The Politics of Reception: Critical Constructions of Mikhail Zoshchenko.

“A genuinely compelling narrative of the stormy debates surrounding the all-important issue of sex and sexuality during the first decade of Soviet Power. Carleton’s great achievement [lies] in the powerful lens of sex to spotlight the spectrum of ideological and discursive diversity that characterized the culture and ideology of the 1920s Soviet Union.”—Slavic Review|"Substantially widens the sexual 'canon' of early Soviet writing. Carleton's book introduces many previously neglected figures and depicts the cultural and literary dynamics of 'the sexual question' as complex and nuanced."—Eric Naiman, University of California-Berkeley|"Provides a colorful, detailed canvas of early Soviet society as the author explores the 'sexual question' that obsessed so many young communists during the 1920s. . . . Will be required reading for anyone who is interested in the issue of sexuality in revolutionary Russia.”—Ronald LeBlanc, University of New Hampshire