![]() | The Page and The Fire: Poems by Russian Poets on Russian Poetsby Various Translated by Peter Oram Arc Publications, 2008, pp.132 An anthology of poems by the major literary figures in Russia, writing to, about, or in memory of other poets, following a tradition which started in the early years of the twentieth century and continued through the subsequent decades, more or less until the millennium. Guests of Eternityby Larissa Miller Translated by Richard McKane Arc Publications, 2008, pp.132 Larissa Miller is one of Russia's most highly-regarded writers - novelist, essayist and poet - and this selection from her collection "Between the Cloud and the Pit" (1999) spans her poetic output from the 1960s to the millennium. "Guests of Eternity" is a presentation, in chronological order, of poems written (but not published) in the three decades preceding glasnost' as well as the final decade of the twentieth century. Rossica 12/13Rumiantsev’s Arc – Library of a Nation Rossica 12/13Rumiantsev’s Arc – Library of a Nation If the book lies at the heart of Russian culture, then the most vital, life-preserving institution in Russian culture is the library. This issue of ROSSICA focuses on the remarkable history and collections of Russia’s largest library: originally called the Rumiantsev Museum, later the Lenin Library (Leninka) it is now the Russian State Library. Rossica 12/13Rumiantsev’s Arc – Library of a Nation If the book lies at the heart of Russian culture, then the most vital, life-preserving institution in Russian culture is the library. This issue of ROSSICA focuses on the remarkable history and collections of Russia’s largest library: originally called the Rumiantsev Museum, later the Lenin Library (Leninka) it is now the Russian State Library. |