The Russian Version Merel van Slobbe In perennial fashion presence falling

In perennial fashion presence falling

Written in the years after 9/11

A new edition of the posthumously published collection A Book of Music by the American poet Jack Spicer (1925-1965)

was awarded the prestigious Awater Poetry Prize in 2011

The Russian Version Merel van Slobbe In perennial fashion presence fallingElena Fanailova Translated from the Russian by Genya Turovskaya and Stephanie Sandler. The Russian Version is a collection of poems that spans Russia's post Soviet era. Acclaimed journalist and poet, Elena Fanailova tells stories about the various social layers of a stratified and conflicted nation, reclaiming the poet's role as social critic, while scrutinizing her own position as citizen and poet. Fanailova's political lyricism casts personal pain