Professor of Russian, English, and Jewish Studies Maxim D. Shrayer marked the 120th anniversary of Vladimir Nabokov’s birth on April 22 with an essay on visiting the Nabokovs’ last home, in Montreaux, Switzerland. The essay appeared in the Los Angeles Review of Books. Shrayer’s publications include Waiting for America: A Story of Emigration, Yom Kippur in Amsterdam, Leaving Russia: A Jewish Story, among other titles.