October 4, 2018
Eight Poems by Anna Akhmatova
translated by Don Mager Untitled If all in the world who have petitioned me For spiritual assistance,--- All the holy fools and the mutes, The…
Don Mager’s most recent book of poems, The Present Tense, was published in August 2018. He has nine earlier books and chapbooks. Us Four Plus Four is an anthology of translations from eight major Soviet-era Russian poets. It is unique because it tracks almost a half-century of their careers by simply placing the poems each wrote to the others in chronological order. The 85 poems represent one of the most fascinating conversations in poems produced by any group of poets in any language or time period. Poets include Akhmatova, Pasternak, Tsvetaeva, and Mandelstam. At 76, Don is retired.
October 4, 2018
translated by Don Mager Untitled If all in the world who have petitioned me For spiritual assistance,--- All the holy fools and the mutes, The…