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My Hollywood & Other Poems (Paul Dry Books); translate Babel, Zoshchenko, Kurkov, et al.; odds & ends @nybooks.com, @thetls.bsky.social, etc.; teach at @utulsa.bsky.social; EiC @nimrodjournal.bsky.social
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It absolutely is complex! A fine pairing!
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Yes, indeed, but all three clever enough to navigate the official system without compromising themselves entirely—producing remarkable poems along the way.
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I would change “neo-classical” to “artificial,” and “popular-nationalist” to “nationalist-histrionic”—but yes, you’re absolutely right.
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I should add, I don’t really care for either style, but I am less put off by the honest showmanship of the Thaw poets.
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Voznesensly, Yevtushenko, and Akhmadulina belted out their verse, emoting and gesticulating. This was the Thaw style, Moscow-born. The StP style was pretentious, pseudo-oracular intoning a la Brodsky.
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It is indeed a Petersburgian style.
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He recited in this manner too, intoning. Brodsky’s rather ridiculous manner of recitation is an imitation.
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Un grand merci!
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Ulysses? Yes! First time in high school.
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Fascinating!
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My pleasure and honor!!
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All the thanks go to you!
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Thank you, Rob!
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No single form attracts me more than others, but I do find the varieties of sonnets (including the Onegin stanza) to be most adaptable and versatile, suitable to the widest range of subjects. The last poem I shared here was a villanelle, but here are some Onegins: newcriterion.com/article/my-h...
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Yes, it really is a matter of finding the structure that helps you to the end of your composition!
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Not in my experience, no. But I never set out to write a sonnet or a villanelle at the start; I set out to get to the bottom of something, and I find the form to guide me as I go.
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Yes, I know the book. Michael Hoffman is another major advocate in the UK. Here’s news: the next issue of Nimrod will carry a hitherto unpublished Kees poem!
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‘m I right?