Other Shepherds: Poems with Translations from Marina Tsvetaeva
Other Shepherds: Poems with Translations from Marina Tsvetaeva by Nina Kossman
Other Shepherds: Poems with Translations from Marina Tsvetaeva
by Nina Kossman

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

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