Contemporary Russian Poetry by Anthology and translated by Gerald Stanton Smith

This is poetry from Russia.

Contemporary Russian Poetry by Anthology translated by Gerald Stanton Smith is published by Dalkey Archive Pr. This is a Book originally written in Russian. This was published in 2008.0 and has the ISBN of 9.781564784865E12.

Contemporary Russian Poetry is an anthology translated by Gerald Stanton Smith from Russian, gathering Russian-language poetry from Russia through an anthology of contemporary Russian poetry, many-voiced and historically crowded, refusing a single official mood. Its value comes from chorus rather than singular authorship, so I would not treat it as one poet’s private weather. The better entrance is through Russia, anthology, present, and the difficult chorus that forms after empire, censorship, and private life collide. Anthologies can become maps, but the best ones also leave room for wandering, disagreement, and surprise. Contemporary Russian Poetry belongs in the translated poetry library because it offers readers a plural Russian map rather than another single-author monument. It gives a reader several doors into a tradition before asking them to choose only one.

If you’d like to see international poetry continue and gain traction, consider requesting this work from your local library, or purchasing it from places like Open Books (a poetry only bookstore), Asterism Books (an independent press distributor), or bookshop.org to connect you with your local bookstores.

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