Thank You, Anna Akhmatova

I have been making my way though the poems of Anna Akhmatova tonight–a birthday gift from two Russian-speaking friends. The translation is by Stanley Kunitz. How incredible that such a gifted, sensitive poet survived Stalinism. After reading one of her devastating poems aloud, my wife commented that it seems as though she realizes there is …

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