The Russian Version John Wilkinson María Negroni

María Negroni

Like Hermione Lee ‘at the movies

A rare document of the 1960s Black Arts Movement featuring Albert Ayler

observational mode and crystallizes swiftly into an engrossing lattice of voice and affect

a book-length poem with die-cut stencil images throughout

The Russian Version John Wilkinson María NegroniElena 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