Zina's Paradox, Stephen H. Blackwell's new book on The Gift, was recently published by Peter Lang. In a departure from traditional critical approaches to The Gift, Blackwell places Zina's role at the center of the novel's significance.

8/1/00: Virtual Nabokov: The Defense

The second module of Virtual Nabokov, an on-line course on Nabokov's works, is now available. Module #2 is devoted to The Defense, Nabokov's third novel, soon to premiere as a motion picture starring John Turturro. Readers interested in a guided study of The Defense are invited to review the new module.

7/27/00: Nabokov Family Genealogy

Dieter E. Zimmer has made available online his painstakingly researched and prepared Nabokov Family Web.

7/17/00: Pale Fire and "Ballada"

Kevin Frazier offers a note on the relationship between Pale Fire and the poem "Ballada" by Vladislav Khodasevich.

6/21/00: Struve and Kantor on Sirin

Paul D. Morris presents three translations of early Nabokov criticism by Gleb Struve and M. Kantor.

6/15/00: Updated Homes & Haunts

Homes & Haunts, Dieter E. Zimmer's exhaustive list of Nabokov coordinates, has been updated to include, inter alia, VN's itinerary across the United States by car in 1941, a trip that later found its way into Lolita.

4/4/00: Nabokov in The Atlantic Monthly

The April issue of The Atlantic Monthly features "Nabokov's Butterflies," a treasury of unpublished work by Nabokov relating to butterflies, including "the last important unpublished fiction." In the Web version of the feature, Atlantic Unbound offers the first two short stories by Nabokov to appear in The Atlantic, "Cloud, Castle, Lake" and "The Aurelian," along with Nabokov's poem "Softest of Tongues," introduced and read aloud by Dmitri Nabokov.

3/24/00: A Journey to Karner, New York

Kurt Johnson, co-author of Nabokov's Blues, recounts a recent visit to Karner, New York, the hometown of Nabokov's most famous butterfly.

2/24/00: A Poem

Greggory Moore offers a poem fashioned after Nabokov's "Scenes from the Life of a Double Monster."

2/14/00: Silvery Light

Chapter Nine of Charles Kinbote's magnum opus is now available.

2/14/00: Zembla at britannica.com

Britannica.com, provider of the world's most respected encyclopedia online, has awarded Zembla four stars, calling it the "ultimate resource devoted to the life and works of Vladimir Nabokov."

1/17/00: Serebristyi Svet

Charles Kinbote's Silvery Light, beautifully translated into Russian by Sergey Il'in, appeared in the December 1999 issue of Inostrannaia literatura. (Link not operative as of 2/4/03.)

12/17/99: Nabokov's Endangered Blues

Kurt Johnson presents an illustrated essay on the Blues as part of the weblink project on endangered butterflies described below (12/9/99).

12/14/99: Events in Russia

Two events at the Nabokov Museum in St. Petersburg, Russia are scheduled for December and January.

12/9/99: Endangered Blue Butterflies

In January 2000, Zembla will participate in a project with four other websites to carry a special feature on endangered blue butterflies worldwide.

10/15/99: Couturier on Narrative Voice

Maurice Couturier has kindly allowed Zembla to present an English translation of a section on Nabokov from his book La figure de l'auteur (Paris: Seuil, 1995).

10/13/99: The Pléiade VN

The first volume of the long awaited Pléiade edition of Nabokov's works, under the general editorship of French Nabokov scholar Maurice Couturier, has just been published.

10/7/99: Festival Photos

Thanks to Olga Voronina, Deputy Director of the Nabokov Museum, Zembla now includes a selection of photographs from the Nabokov Festival held in St. Petersburg, Russia, April 10-23, 1999.

9/20/99: VN Collations #21 and #22

Suellen Stringer-Hye presents two more installments in her ongoing series of VN Collations.

9/3/99: Nabokov's Blues

Nabokov's Blues: The Scientific Odyssey of a Literary Genius by Kurt Johnson and Steven L. Coates was recently published by Zoland Books. An abridged version of Chapter 1 is available in Zembla.

8/4/99: A Poem

Recently returned from the Cambridge Nabokov conference, J. Morris submits a poem in celebration of VN's 100th birthday.

7/1/99: Nabokov Reads

The Nabokov Estate has granted Zembla permission to provide audio excerpts from Nabokov's readings at Harvard University recorded in 1946, 1952, and 1964.

6/16/99: Véra's Butterflies

Véra's Butterflies, a wonderful book by Sarah Funke describing first editions by VN inscribed to his wife, has been published by Glenn Horowitz Bookseller, Inc. The book includes contributions by Brian Boyd, Stephen Jay Gould, Kurt Johnson, James Salter, Stacy Schiff, and Michael Wood.

5/15/99: The Nabokov Society of Japan

The Nabokov Society of Japan was founded on May 15, 1999.

5/13/99: Véra (Mrs. Vladimir Nabokov)

Véra (Mrs. Vladimir Nabokov), by Stacy Schiff, was published in April 1999 by Random House. Excerpts from the book are now available in Zembla, as well as an exclusive interview with the author conducted by Suellen Stringer-Hye. For more information on this excellent new biography, go here. (Jacket photo: Philippe Halsman © Halsman Estate)

4/13/99: Nabokov on CNN Interactive

CNN Interactive has created a special in-depth section on Nabokov, including an essay on Lolita's impact by Jeff Edmunds.

3/23/99: A Textual Index to Zembla

For visitors who would like to navigate through the site more quickly, Zembla is pleased to provide a textual site index.

2/15/99: VN: Virtual Nabokov

A draft of VN: Virtual Nabokov, an on-line course on Nabokov's works, is now available. The first module of the course is devoted to Mary. The purpose of the course is to test the possibilities for teaching Nabokov's work via the World Wide Web. Students, teachers, and interested readers are invited to preview Virtual Nabokov and make suggestions for its improvement.

1/27/99: Nabokovskii vestnik

The Nabokov Museum in St. Petersburg, Russia announces Nabokovskii vestnik, a scholarly journal devoted to the life and works of Nabokov. As of this writing, two issues have appeared, "Peterburgskie chteniia" (vyp. 1) and "Nabokov v rodstvennom okruzhenii" (vyp. 2). The first issue is a compilation of the Nabokov Readings, lectures given annually since 1992 in St. Petersburg on the occasion of Nabokov's birthday. The second features work on the Nabokov clan, including the proceedings of a 1995 genealogical conference and materials which were prepared specifically for the issue by members of the Russian Genealogical Society. For more information on Nabokovskii vestnik, contact Galya Korovina.