My first collection of poems was published by Bloodaxe Books, which was then a very new imprint.
My first collection of poems was published by Bloodaxe Books, which was then a very new imprint.
I didn't choose Russia but Russia chose me. I had been fascinated from an early age by the culture, the language, the literature and the history to the place.
Poets go through a very tough apprenticeship in the use of words.
I have learned so much from working with other poets, travelling and reading with them, spending days discussing poems in progress. There is the sense that we are all, as writers, part of something which is more powerful than any of us.
I'm a poet and I've read a lot of Russian poetry and can hear It's sounds. Russian poetry is so important to an understanding of the culture.
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