This #WomensHistoryMonth, pick up @GreenLinden1’s AT THE EDGE: SELECTED POLITICAL POEMS OF MARINA TSVETAEVA, transl. by Margaree Little!
According to Julia Nemirovskaya, these poems “don’t just reflect history; they confront it, denounce its brutality.” greenlindenpress.com/books/a…
Here it is, my dearest winter,
dearer than the fall or spring.
Here it is, my native country,
where I’m always wintering.
—Julia Nemirovskaya and @BorisDralyukplough.com/en/topics/culture…
Ok you poeticals. I'm on the hunt for poems that circle around unsexy inanimate manmade objects. Like a lawnmower or a salad spinner. (Obviously you might think those sexy but you can keep that to yourself.) Any ideas? RT if you feel able. 🙏🏽
Powerful @R4TheVerb @IMcMillan!Rare insights from doctor & soldier Tim Hodgetts @ArmyHealthAdv . Eloquent Russian anti-war writing introduced by Julia Nemirovskaya & Robert Chandler.Thought-provoking & inspiring,warmed by @holliepoetry's loveletter to experience! LINK IN COMMENTS
Brilliant discussion by @BorisDralyuk of the “whole project” of approaching poetic translation - plus a recording of a Julia Nemirovskaya poem in Russian & English! Looking forward to the whole series of reflections on translation, thx @AmitMajmudar!
This summer the great @AmitMajmudar approached a number of accomplished poet-translators (mistakenly including me) to reflect on particularly tricky challenges. I’m grateful to him and @MarginaliaROB for this opportunity to share a Julia Nemirovskaya poem. Read the piece below!
This summer the great @AmitMajmudar approached a number of accomplished poet-translators (mistakenly including me) to reflect on particularly tricky challenges. I’m grateful to him and @MarginaliaROB for this opportunity to share a Julia Nemirovskaya poem. Read the piece below!
Russian-Language War Poetry: Three Years Later
4 March 6:30pm at Pushkin House
Join poet Julia Nemirovskaya and translator Josephine von Zitzewitz for a conversation about Russian-language anti-war poetry since 24 February 2022.
Book your tickets at pushkinhouse.org/whats-on/ev…
Julia Nemirovskaya, translated by @BorisDralyuk “Winter”
Here it is, my native country,
where I’m always wintering
in Plough, via @newversereview round-up
I’ve been translating Julia Nemirovskaya’s work for over a decade, and have now gathered a small book’s worth of verse. If any publisher here is interested in putting out a slim volume of exquisite, musical poems by this humble visionary, reach out to me.
Here it is, my dearest winter,
dearer than the fall or spring.
Here it is, my native country,
where I’m always wintering.
—Julia Nemirovskaya and @BorisDralyukplough.com/en/topics/culture…
After a sleepless night worrying about the Sunset Fire, as I watch from afar—too far—the devastation of my beloved Los Angeles, I think of this poem by Julia Nemirovskaya, who saw Oregon burn a few years ago.
“A branch pokes its fingers into the streetlight’s face.
The rain has died down and the world has opened its gills.
The fish of the wind tells the fish of the water, ‘Dear sis,
let’s scatter the lawn signs. They’ve closed all the polls.”
The new issue of THE CLASSICAL OUTLOOK is a miniature anthology of superb, diverse poems on classical themes, compiled by Rachel Hadas. The great @ae_stallings was on my mind as I translated this mini monologue by Julia Nemirovskaya, who was, in turn, thinking of her father.
Poem: “Winter” by Julia Nemirovskaya and @BorisDralyuk: plough.com/en/topics/culture…
Here it is, my dearest winter,
dearer than the fall or spring.
Here it is, my native country,
where I’m always wintering.
Poem: “Winter”
Here it is, my dearest winter,
dearer than the fall or spring.
Here it is, my native country,
where I’m always wintering.
By Julia Nemirovskaya and @BorisDralyukplough.com/en/topics/culture…
Attending the profound lecture by Yuriy Senokosov and Lena Nemirovskaya, and reflecting on @anneapplebaum’s insightful piece from last year. I’m grateful for the chance to be a part of the Moscow School for Civic Education, now contributing from exile.
For Russia to have a chance at a liberal, democratic future, @anneapplebaum writes, Putin must lose the war in Ukraine and his empire must die: on.theatln.tc/UpWndze