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Apollo in the Grass - by Aleksandr Kushner (Paperback)
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- The more softly the word is pronouncedThe more ardent, the more miraculous.The less it dreams of becoming a songThat much nearer it draws to music.-from "Apollo in the Grass" For the Nobel laureate Joseph Brodsky, the poems of Aleksandr Kushner were essential: "Kushner is one of the best Russian lyric poets of the twentieth century, and his name is destined to rank with those close to the heart of everyone whose mother tongue is Russian.
- About the Author: Aleksandr Kushner was born in Leningrad (now St. Petersburg) in 1936, and his poetry resonates with the city's rich cultural heritage.
- 112 Pages
- Poetry, Russian + Former Soviet Union
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The more softly the word is pronounced
The more ardent, the more miraculous.
The less it dreams of becoming a song
That much nearer it draws to music.
-from "Apollo in the Grass"
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"Measured, yet playful."--Publishers Weekly
About the Author
Aleksandr Kushner was born in Leningrad (now St. Petersburg) in 1936, and his poetry resonates with the city's rich cultural heritage. He rose to prominence as part of the post-Stalin "thaw generation" that included Andrei Bitov, Joseph Brodsky, and Evgenii Rein, and his work has reached new levels in both reputation and popularity since the break-up of the Soviet Union. His poems have been translated into more than a dozen languages, he has won virtually every national honor a Russian poet can win, and much international recognition as well.
Carol Ueland teaches Russian language and literature at Drew University, where she directs the Russian program. Her scholarly work and translations focus on Russian poetry and Russian women's writing. Robert Carnevale's poems have been published in The Paris Review, The New Yorker, and other magazines and anthologies. He also teaches at Drew University, in the Arts and Letters program.