Verses on the Vanguard

  Edited and with an Introduction by Polina Barskova Poems by Maria Galina, Ekaterina Simonova, Ivan Sokolov, Nikita Sungatov, Alexandra Tsibulya, and Oksana Vasyakina Translated by Elina Alter, Catherine Ciepiela, Anna Halberstadt, Ainsley Morse, Kevin Platt, and Valeriya Yermishova Six of the most remarkable contemporary Russian poets present their groundbreaking verse in a bilingual poetry collection presented in partnership with PEN America’s Writers in Dialogue project. Publication Date: February 8, 2022 Paperback: 9781646051625eBook: 9781646051632 Description In 2020, as international travel skidded to a halt, PEN America’s Writers in Dialogue project—which opens the exhilarating world of contemporary Russian poetry to American readers by bridging American and Russian literary communities—went remote, using online connection to foster collaborations between daring emerging or under-translated poetic voices and dextrous translators. In this remarkable volume, the Russian poets and