Speak, Memory Resources

Check out the Nabokov archives at Cornell University!

Curious to see the Nabokov's St. Petersburg town house? You're in luck.

Oliver Sacks is known for his work writing about rare brain conditions. Read as he gets to work on Nabokov's noggin.

Nabokov sits down for a brief chat on the occasion of the first "Speak, Memory" publication.

This fascinating New Yorker article spends time talking about Nabokov's wife Vera and her prominent role in his life and work.

A piece in the Paris Review revealing the fascinating fact: Nabokov insisted on writing his interview answers, rather than giving them in conversation.

Wonder what it was like to be taught by Vladimir? Read this essay by one of his students at Cornell.

Because who doesn't love Book TV?

A panel of writers discusses the book's craft at the Jaipur Literature Festival.

A funny video about the author and why he loves hotels.

Remember that actor Vladimir encounters beside his "walk-away" horse in Yalta? He was a famous Russian silent film actor who was the subject of the Kuleshov Effect, where filmmaker Lev Kuleshov demonstrated that a montage impacted audiences' emotions more than a single shot. (FYI: His last name was also spelled "Mozzhukin" and, most commonly "Mosjoukine.")

Here's a sample of actor Stefan Rudnicki reading it.

The author talks to British journalist James Mossman about the pleasure and pain of writing.

Listen to an NPR interview with Nabokov's biographer Andrea Pitzer.

Vladimir Nabokov kept his butterfly net after all those years.

This photograph shows Nabokov and the 1936 editorial staff of Mesures, who first published "Mademoiselle O" (Chapter 5 of "Speak, Memory").