Polina Barskova

Polina Barskova:  began publishing her poetry at age nine and is the author of eight books of poems; her latest is, Ariel’s Dispatch(Soobshchenie Ariela, NLO, 2011).  Two collections of her poetry in English translation appeared recently: This Lamentable City(Tupelo Press, 2010) and The Zoo in Winter(Melville House Press, 2010). She currently teaches Russian literature at Hampshire College and lives in Amherst, Massachusetts.