𝗥𝗲𝘃𝗶𝗲𝘄: "𝗦𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗣𝗼𝗲𝗺𝘀" 𝗯𝘆 𝗬𝗲𝘃𝗴𝗲𝗻𝘆 𝗬𝗲𝘃𝘁𝘂𝘀𝗵𝗲𝗻𝗸𝗼 -

Hard-lived and ironically-distanced nostalgia, bleak pleas against violence and horror, Yevtushenko's early collection (his first to be translated to English) makes for fascinating immersion.

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𝟯 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗱 𝗥𝗲𝘃𝗶𝗲𝘄: “𝗦𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗣𝗼𝗲𝗺𝘀” 𝗯𝘆 𝗬𝗲𝘃𝗴𝗲𝗻𝘆 𝗬𝗲𝘃𝘁𝘂𝘀𝗵𝗲𝗻𝗸𝗼 -

A powerful collection of early Yevtushenko in the midst of the Cold War, from his homecoming in a rural village to his evocations on the horrors of war.

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𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗜'𝗺 𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴: "𝗦𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗣𝗼𝗲𝗺𝘀" 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗬𝗲𝘃𝗴𝗲𝗻𝘆 𝗬𝗲𝘃𝘁𝘂𝘀𝗵𝗲𝗻𝗸𝗼 -

The not-uncontroversial Yevtushenko, a Soviet-Russian poet, moved through the political upheavals. This 1962 book has been on my shelf, just one of about 90 books he wrote.

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𝗧𝗕𝗥 𝗣𝗶𝗹𝗲: 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱 𝗣𝗼𝗲𝘁𝗿𝘆 𝗣𝗿𝗲𝘃𝗶𝗲𝘄 -

Who are the poets I'm most looking forward to reading this next year? Here are some!

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