Juan Gris, Glass and Checkerboard, 1917. Open access courtesy of The National Gallery.
Lou—loftiness of fuzz
A poem by Igor Bakhterev, translated from the Russian by Jonah Howell and Sofija Popovska
Lostlingual
Alexey Mozyaev talks to poet Dinara Rasuleva about Lostlingual, a multilingual collection of poems published by Rab-Rab Press, followed by three poems
Arkhip Kuindzhi, Dnieper in the Morning, 1881. Public domain.
Our dreams gave off scents of sheepskin and milk
A poem by Irina Yevsa, translated from the Russian by Jamie Olson
Watercolor from a 16th-Century De Materia Medica, public domain.
days go by and the man is silent
Three poems dedicated to Alexei Navalny
Matthew Krishanu, Two Boys on a Boat, 2019. Courtesy of Huddersfield Art Gallery.
Look at us, Eternity
A poem by Dmitry Blizniuk, translated from Russian by Sergey Gersimov
Jessina Leonard, Broken Window Screen.
over such a pale blue backwater
Four poems by Sofia Parnok, translated from Russian by Samuel Proffitt Driver
Sara Perovic, Photo, courtesy of the artist.
we evolve in spirals
Two poems by Larissa Joonas, translated from Russian by Mark Wingrave
Umberto Boccioni, The Street Pavers, 1914.
harsh weather cuts and presses all dull angles
Two poems by Rena Zhuman, translated from Russian by Shelley Fairweather-Vega
Pieter Claesz, Still Life with Peacock Pie, 1627.
of plume and feathered fame
A poem by Gavrilla Derzhavin, translated from Russian by John Hamel and Peter Orte.
Claude Monet, Water Lilies, Setting Sun, 1907.
time naive and omnivorous
Three poems by Gleb Shulpyakov, translated by Christopher Mattison