In A World Without Air All You

Poets Go Through A Very Tough Apprenticeship In The Use Of Words.

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.

My First Collection Of Poems Was Published By Bloodaxe Books, Which Was Then A Very New Imprint.

It Is A Violation Which Has Obsessed The Tyrants Of The Twentieth Century. They Do Not Want Simply To Kill Their Opponents, But To Liquidate Them, To Deny That They Have Ever Existed.

Reread, Rewrite, Reread, Rewrite. If It Still Doesn’t Work, Throw It Away.