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John Lechner

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Writer focused on Africa, the Caucasus, Turkey, and Russia. Book on the history of Russia's Wagner Group, "Death Is Our Business," out with Bloomsbury in March 2025. Linguistics and literature.

Notes on language, linguistics, and literature

By John Lechner

At the intersection of linguistics and literature

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