The Russian VersionElena 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

we might "remember what we live

uit interesse in de politieke taal uit de jaren zeventig

to step the wrong way out of the grave

Ahmed Bouanani (trans

Here love is as artificial as a courtly dialogue

emerges a kind of bastardised combo of new wave and solarpunk: I want to call it lunarwave

19th century political speeches

voor hem een metafoor voor het leven waartoe hij zich gedwongen voelde

nuanced intersection of numbness

It is both an elegy and an inquiry into many of the themes that Moten has explored throughout his career: language

' Susan Howe embodies that art in her My Emily Dickinson

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