Mobile Photography & Art – Saturday Poetry ‘Heaven’ by Tatiana Vinogradova
This weeks Saturday Poetry, matched with mobile photography/art is entitled ‘Heaven’ by Tatiana Vinogradova and she was recommended to me by talented mobile artist Katya Rosenzweig. This week is different for this reason and also for another, Tatiana Vinogradova has also created her own artwork to accompany the poem! This poem was translated into English by talented philosopher Anton Yakovlev. Poet, critic, graphic artist Vinogradova was born in Moscow, Russia on Jan.15 1965. She graduated from the Journalist dept of Moscow State Lomonosov University in 1990. Took the post-graduate course at Philological dept of the same University and in 1997 defended the Ph.D. thesis on Russian rock-poetry. She is also a Member…
Mobile Photography & Art – Saturday Poetry ‘Instructions on Not Giving Up’ by Ada Limón
This weeks Saturday Poetry, matched with mobile photography/art is entitled ‘Instructions on Not Giving Up’ by Ada Limón. Born March 28, 1976, Ada Limón is originally from Sonoma, California. As a child, she was greatly influenced by the visual arts and artists, including her mother, Stacia Brady. In 2001 she received an MFA from the Creative Writing Program at New York University. Her first collection of poetry, Lucky Wreck (Autumn House Press, 2006), was the winner of the 2005 Autumn House Poetry Prize. She is also the author of The Carrying (Milkweed Editions, 2018); Bright Dead Things (Milkweed Editions, 2015), which was a finalist for the National Book Award; Sharks in the Rivers (Milkweed Editions, 2010); and This Big Fake…
