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1. Food, Dance, Poets

In which we review books about food, dance, poetry, and Stalin.

Tags: ukraine, poetry, dance, balanchine, cuisine, stalin
2. Notes at the Front

Musicians have not been spared from the criminalization of protest and expression. We also share Ilya Yashin's final words.

Tags: poetry, dissent, music
3. Poems in a Piggy Bank

War births poetry. We share five recently created and translated anti-war poems.

Tags: war, literature, poetry
4. Reading about Putin and Poetry

In which we review two books: one full of poetry, another full of Putin.

Tags: poetry, Putin, books
5. A Century Ago

On August 7, 1921, Alexander Blok, died in St. Petersburg. Widely considered the greatest poet of the Silver Age of Russian poetry.

Tags: st. petersburg, poetry, blok
6. From Poetry to Song: A Russian Poet's Work Makes a Debut

How the work of one of Soviet Russia's greatest poets found new life through modern music.

Tags: stalin, soviet, media, Tsvetaeva, literature, poetry, music
7. 11 Reasons to Be Grateful for Russia

Russians may not celebrate Thanksgiving, but we can still be thankful for Russia

Tags: st. petersburg, Moscow, metro, samovar, tea, winter, blini, russian language, poetry, soviet union, literature, babushkas, nature, dacha, railroad, train
8. Poems for a Golden Autumn

Autumn is colder and darker than summer, but is it really that depressing? Classic poets and rock musicians weigh in.

Tags: russian music, rock music, poetry, fall, autumn, DDT, Bunin, Yesenin, Tsvetaeva, boris pasternak, Pushkin
By Tiffany Zhu
9. At Zima Junction, 1943

A poem from the new volume Alcestis of the Underworld, by a regular translator of works published by Russian Life Books.

Tags: poetry, literature, siberia, gulag
10. Fire-Breathing Beast

A poem by Maxim Amelin, translated by Derek Mong and Anne O. Fisher.

Tags: amelin, poetry

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