I am very pleased to announce that the IBPC judge for October, November, and December 2012, is Polina Barskova. She is called either one of, or the best Russian poet under 40 years of age. In her homeland, she was a child poet prodigy, her works published in journals from age 9, and her first collection released at 15. She was born in Leningrad, now as before St. Petersburg, and lives in Massachusettes, where she is assistant professor of Russian literature at Hampshire College. Two of her poetry collections have been translated into English, The Zoo in Winter, and This Lamentable City. Here they are at Barnes and Noble:
Polina Barskova. Let's begin the webography with more biography followed by an interview. The poems are in alphabetical order, beginning with The 51M, which will have you wanting more.
Bios:Hampshire College: The Continuing Relevance of Great Russian LiteratureBates International Poetry Festival: About Polina BarskovaBates International Poetry Festival: Polina Barskova IntroductionHampshire College: Polina BarskovaInterview:Molossus: A Conversation with Polina BarskovaEssays about Polina:Russia Beyond the Headlines: Is poetry always Lost in Translation?The Best American Poetry: Longing for the Far Away: Russian Poets Read in Tribeca by Madge McKeithenThe The: What’s Astonishing: Polina Barskova’s The Zoo in Winter and Austin LaGrone’s Oyster PerpetualIn The Next Room: The Zoo in Winter by Polina BarskovaEssay by Polina:KinoKultura: As If from a Lost Culture: Musings on Vladimir Bortko’s Master and Margarita (2005)Poems:Modern Poetry in Translation: The 51MCardinal Points: Ariel’s MessageBates International Poetry Festival: BattleBates International Poetry Festival: Blitz: A Short Trip around London with Artist NTupelo Press: Conjunction Andissuu: conjunction andInTranslation: During the Fire of Moscow (see below: Manuscript Found by Natasha Rostova During the Fire)
Tupelo Press: Evening In Tsaskoe SeloCardinal Points: Farewell to the GhostInTranslation: From Mad Vatslav’s Diaryissuu: Hamlet as International Studentissuu: The MagiTumblr: Manuscript Found by Natasha Rostova During the FireEkphora: Motherhood and Childhood: Another reflection from Prague, by the grave of Nabokov’s motherBates International Poetry Festival: A Nameless LoveJacket: Hampshire Archive. Personaliaissuu: Physiological sketchModern Poetry in Translation: The Poet has passed awayModern Poetry in Translation: Prayer IICardinal Points: SceneGuernica: A Still LifeInTranslation: Summer Physiological Essay: WanderersBates International Poetry Festival: Temporary Death. Two Rhythmical ExercisesPoem of the Week: To A. K.Stephen Spender Trust: Tomatoes and SunflowersThe Main Street Museum: WarMolossus: When someone dies…Video:The BattleBates International Poetry Festival: Polina Barskova Festival ReadingsAudio:Recording Session with Polina Barskova and Ilya Kaminsky (February 20, 2009)~~~