Cover of Pavlova's poetry collection, If There is Something to Desire, Knopf, 2010
Pavlova’s poetry says it all.
A friend of mine told me about a class she took in college. The professor read a poem in Russian, and then asked the class what the poem was about. Despite the fact that no one spoke the language, apparently the whole class correctly identified the topic of the poem. Tomorrow, Pavlova is coming with her husband; she will read her poems in Russian, and he will translate in English. I can’t wait to experience her poems in both languages tomorrow at the Newhouse.
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