About the Book:”The book is a credit to the press, a boon to everyone interested in Russian culture, and an important resource for teachers and students of Russian literature.” Library Journal” . . . a solid and conscientious piece of work, informed by discerning taste and learning.” Times Literary Supplement”Smith’s collection of contemporary Russian poetry should be useful to anyone with a serious interest in work produced during recent years both by poets living in the U.S.S.R. and by prominent Third Wave emigrs. . . . The introductory and biographical materials are excellent.”Publishers WeeklyThe work of twenty-three poets, living in Russia and abroad and writing during the period since 1975, is highlighted in this dual-language anthology. The book features an extraordinary cohort of talented poets, including Joseph Brodsky, Evgenii Rein, and Bella Akhmadulina. Notes, biographical sketches, a detailed bibliography, and an informative introduction make this an indispensable resource for teachers, students, and readers of modern Russian literature.Table of Contents: AcknowledgmentsPrefaceIntroduction: Recent Russian PoetryNote on the Texts, Translations, and AnnotationsBoris SlutskyBoris ChichibabinBulat OkudzhavaVladimir KornilovGerman PlisetskyEvgenii ReinDmitrii BobyshevNatalya GorbanevskayaAleksandr KushnerBella AkhmadulinaYunna MoritsLev LoseffOleg ChukhontsevJoseph BrodskyDmitrii PrigovAleksei TsvetkovElena ShvartsIvan ZhdanovOlga SedakovaBakhyt KenzheevAleksandr EremenkoAleksei ParshchikovNotes on the Poets and the PoemsSources of the TextsSuggestions for Further ReadingIndex of Russian Titles and First LinesIndex of English Titles and First Lines