A searingly personal memoir of the great Russian poet by his American friend and publisher, containing much previously unknown material about how Brodsky left Russia and how he made his way in the new world, and how, during the cold war, Americans played a crucial role in his fate.
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Brodsky Among Us: A Memoir
A searingly personal memoir of the great Russian poet by his American friend and publisher, containing much previously unknown material about how Brodsky left Russia and how he made his way in the new world, and how, during the cold war, Americans played a crucial role in his fate.
A searingly personal memoir of the great Russian poet by his American friend and publisher, containing much previously unknown material about how Brodsky left Russia and how he made his way in the new world, and how, during the cold war, Americans played a crucial role in his fate.
Ellendea Proffer Teasley is the author of Mikhail Bulgakov: Life & Work and co-founder of Russian Literature TriQuarterly and Ardis Publishers. She received a MacArthur Fellowship in 1989.
Table of Contents
A Word about the Context ix How Do You Like Your Poets? 2 Great Bird-Cherry Street, 1969 3 The Muruzi House, 1969 6 Lugano, 1969 15 New Year’s Eve, 1970 19 The Roof of the Peter and Paul Fortress 33 The Schwarzenberg Palace: 1972 38 Ann Arbor 61 The Muse and the Addressee 78 The Oldest Modern City 86 Stockholm, 1987 108 A Birthday in New York: May 24, 1990 114 The Akhmatova Museum, 2003 126 Ardis Titles 1971–2002 137 English Language and Bilingual Books 137 Русские издания/Russian Publications 151 Index 160