Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Note on the Text ix
4. Introduction 1
5. 1 Alexander Blok, “Free Thoughts. On Death” (1908) 24
6. 2 Elena Guro, “Gone to sleep, gone quiet now, so kind” (1912) 43
7. 3 Vladimir Mayakovsky, “Listen!” (1914) 54
8. 4 Nikolai Gumilev, “The Sixth Sense” (1920) 65
9. 5 Vladislav Khodasevich, “Ballad” (1922) 72
10. 6 Velimir Khlebnikov, “Suppose I make a timepiece of humanity” (1922) 87
11. 7 Boris Pasternak, “Poetry” (1922) 97
12. 8 Osip Mandelstam, “The Horseshoe Finder (A Pindaric Fragment)” (1923) 107
13. 9 Mikhail Kuzmin, “Not a governor’s lady with an officer” (1924) 129
14. 10 Vladimir Nabokov, “Lilith” (1928) 139
15. 11 Daniil Kharms, “Myr” / “The Werld” (1930) 151
16. 12 Alexander Vvedensky, “Guest on a Horse” (1931–34) 164
17. 13 Nikolai Oleinikov, “Cockroach” (1934) 181
18. 14 Marina Tsvetaeva, “I Embrace You Like the Horizon” (1936) 199
19. 15 Anna Akhmatova, “Secrets of Craft” (1936–60) 212
20. 16 Ian Satunovsky, “Yesterday, late on my way to work” (1939) 238
21. 17 Gennady Gor, “I lie together with my wife, the two of us in the apartment” (1942–44) 245
22. 18 Igor Kholin, “Fences. Trash-heaps. Flyers. Ads” (mid-1950s) 256
23. 19 Nikolai Zabolotsky, “Somewhere not far from Magadan” (1956) 266
24. 20 Bella Akhmadulina, “Along My Street” (1959) 278
25. 21 Alexander Galich, “The Night Watch” (1963) 293
26. 22 Vladimir Vysotsky, “My Gypsy Song” (1967–68) 305
27. 23 Dmitri Prigov, Three Poems about Dishwashing (1980s) 321
28. 24 Elena Shvarts, “A Rubbish Heap” (1983) 331
29. 25 Ry Nikonova, “furious furious rabious” (1985) 343
30. 26 Olga Sedakova, “The Grasshopper and the Cricket” (1979–85) 357
31. 27 Lev Losev, “One Day in the Life of Lev Vladimirovich” (1985) 373
32. 28 Joseph Brodsky, “Homage to Chekhov” (1993) 391
33. 29 Lev Rubinshtein, “That’s me” (1995) 401
34. 30 Elena Fanailova, “. . . Again they’re off for their Afghanistan” (2003) 429
35. 31 Linor Goralik, “Little Star” (2010) 442
36. 32 Galina Rymbu, “My Vagina” (2018) 452
37. 33 Polina Barskova, “Children’s Literature” (2019) 474
38. 34 Maria Stepanova, “A little like this: instead of coming out of the closet” (2021) 488
39. Acknowledgments 499
40. Notes And References 505
41. Suggestions for Further Reading 541
42. Index 545