Written in the dark by Anthology and translated by Anand Dibble, Ben Felker-Quinn, Ainsley Morse, Eugene Ostashevsky, Rebekah Smith, Charles Swank, Jason Wagner, Matvei Yankelevich

This is poetry from Russia.

Written in the dark by Anthology translated by Anand Dibble, Ben Felker-Quinn, Ainsley Morse, Eugene Ostashevsky, Rebekah Smith, Charles Swank, Jason Wagner, Matvei Yankelevich is published by Ugly Duckling Presse. This is a Book originally written in Russian. This was published in 2016.0 and has the ISBN of 9.781937027575E12.

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.

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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