Before and After the Thaw

Maria Stepanova’s book-length poem Holy Winter 20/21 was reviewed by Bryan Karetnyk for the Times Literary Supplement.

“Holy Winter retains a distinct lyric voice that is at once cultured and intimate, eloquent and immediate. Punctuated by the ice, it speaks with a dreamlike gentility and subtle humour, waiting for the moment when, as Stepanova reminds us, the thaw finally comes and ‘foreign words melt in the cheek / Like sugar cubes’.”

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