“Looking back, I think the best two sentences in the book are: ‘Moses hit the rock. I hit Michael Dennis.’ Those are probably the two best sentences I have ever written or will ever write.”
—Harold Fickett
LONGLISTED, 2024 PEN AWARD FOR POETRY IN TRANSLATION
“Olga Sedakova is a writer of global significance. . .the publishing of this collection is a welcome stage in the reception of her exceptional genius in the West.” So writes Rowan Williams in his foreword to this translation of Old Songs.
