About the Author:

Anna Akhmatova
St. Petersburg, Russia
Anna Andreyevna Gorenko (June 23, 1889, Velykyi Fontan Cape – March 5, 1966, Domodedovo), better known by the pen name Anna Akhmatova, was one of the greatest Russian poets of the 20th century.

Anna Andreyevna Gorenko (June 23, 1889, Velykyi Fontan Cape – March 5, 1966, Domodedovo), better known by the pen name Anna Akhmatova, was one of the greatest Russian poets of the 20th century.
When Clea returns to London with her new Russian husband, she is surprised to see him become even more eccentric.
“13 short pieces…pungently convey the effects of growing up under a totalitarian regime.” .—Publishers Weekly
A new book of poems by Nina Kossman. “When the mythological and personal meet, something transforms for this reader…” —Ilya Kaminsky
Original poetry by Nina Kossman, accompanied by a selection of poems by Marina Tsvetaeva, translated from Russian by Kossman. “The sea is a postcard,” writes Nina Kossman. There is both something elemental in this vision and—iron-tough.”
—Ilya Kaminsky