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1. Russia's Forgotten Female Poet

Karolina Pavlova struggled to find literary acclaim as a woman in the 19th century, but her work endures.

Tags: society, marriage, literature, poetry, feminism
2. Vladimir Mayakovsky: A Century of Censorship

Vladimir Mayakovsky sports a complicated legacy a nearly a century after Joseph Stalin immortalized him as the defining poet of the Soviet epoch.

Tags: russian revolution, stalin, poetry, mayakovsky, soviet era
3. Remembering James Lloydovich Patterson

A look at the extraordinary life and legacy of James L. Patterson, who recently passed away at 91. 

Tags: soviet era, pushkin, poetry, cinema, obituary
4. A Poetic Prank on Putinists

A popular online poet was revealed to be a political hoax. 

Tags: VKontakte, protest, poetry
5. Four Books

Some books our reviewer liked, and their significance for lovers of all things Russian.

Tags: history, ukraine, literature, poetry
6. Food, Dance, Poets

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

Tags: ukraine, poetry, dance, balanchine, cuisine, stalin
7. 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
8. Poems in a Piggy Bank

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

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

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

Tags: poetry, Putin, books
10. 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

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