The Russian Version John Wilkinson Equal parts song

Equal parts song

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

” Call it book art as counterarchive

brilliant works of maximum refulgence

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

The Russian Version John Wilkinson Equal parts songElena 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