"A 19th-Century Poet is a Symbol of Resistance"
"On Sunday, Ukrainians took to the streets to commemorate Taras Shevchenko’s 200th birthday. Shevchenko is a 19th-century poet considered one of the fathers of modern Ukrainian literature....His poems addressed what Kurkov calls the 'difficult destiny of Ukrainian men and women' under the rule and control of the Russian tsar."
via THE WORLD |
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Dujie Tahat on Hoa Nguyen's A Thousand Times You Lose Your Treasure"Nguyen magnificently opens us up in an almost tessellation-like effect, zooming in in order to zoom out. In reading A Thousand Times You Lose Your Treasure, I was often reminded of Denise Levertov’s 'Accuracy is always the gateway to mystery.' However, Nguyen provides—to this reader, at least—not just mystery, but a new orientation towards lyric." |
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