sedimental tonguedness



 

The translations on the right are by Inna Krasnoper and Eugene Ostashevsky.

Eugene Ostashevsky is a poet and experimental translator. He is the author of, most recently, The Feeling Sonnets (Carcanet, NYRB Poets), a book of poems that examines the effects of speaking a non-native language on emotions, parenting, and identity.

Inna Krasnoper is a poet and artist based in Berlin. Her Russophone poetry collections include Нитки торчат (Loose Threads), published by Voznesensky Center, and Дорогой человек (Dear Person) from Novoe Literaturnoe Obozrenie. Her multilingual poems have appeared in Ghost Proposal, TILT, Oversound, 128 LIT, Alchemy, and Maintenant: Dada Journal. Inna has published two chapbooks: Sealed (Black Sunflowers Poetry Press) and Over Sight (Eulalia Books), which includes visual poetry.