Book record
Written in the dark
Anthology
Translated from Russian by Anand Dibble, Ben Felker-Quinn, Ainsley Morse, Eugene Ostashevsky, Rebekah Smith, Charles Swank, Jason Wagner, Matvei Yankelevich
Written in the dark is an anthology of Russian poetry, translated by Anand Dibble, Ben Felker-Quinn, Ainsley Morse, Eugene Ostashevsky, Rebekah Smith, Charles Swank, Jason Wagner, Matvei Yankelevich, published by Ugly Duckling Presse in 2016. It is an anthology of Russian poems written under blockade, danger, and extreme historical pressure. The value here is witness without simplification, a reminder that poetry can be made where ordinary speech has been starved, censored, or broken. I would not approach it as a book that needs to be solved or reduced to context before it can begin working. Start with the pressure of the title, the texture of the translated line, and the feeling of a voice making room for itself in English. For this library, the book matters as more than a record of Russia; it is an invitation to let poetry remain particular, difficult, and alive without asking it to behave like explanation.
- Published
- 2016
- Publisher
- Ugly Duckling Presse
- Language
- Russian
- Country
- Russia
- ISBN
- 9781937027575