Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. A MOST JOYOUS DATE ix
4. 1. Volodya, 1893–1915 1
5. 2. Lili, 1891–1915 25
6. 3. A Cloud in Trousers, 1915–1916 59
7. 4. The First Revolution and the Third, 1917–1918 95
8. 5. Communist Futurism, 1918–1920 135
9. 6. NEP and the Beginnings of Terror, 1921 157
10. 7. Drang nach Westen, 1922 187
11. 8. About This, 1923 231
12. 9. Free from Love and Posters, 1923–1924 263
13. 10. America, 1925 299
14. 11. New Rules, 1926–1927 341
15. 12. Tatyana, 1928–1929 391
16. 13. The Year of the Great Change, 1929 439
17. 14. At the Top of My Voice, 1929–1930 479
18. 15. The First Bolshevik Spring, 1930 511
19. 16. A Game with Life as the Stake 557
20. 17. Mayakovsky’s Second Death 571
21. SOURCES 585
22. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 601
23. INDEX OF NAMES 603