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Russia’s Sappho – Ep.58
Once a known Russian poet censored under the Soviets, Sophia Parnok is best remembered for one affair with another Russian poet, and not for the following: dying from a tumultuous other love affair, writing librettos, or even her own poetry. Sources (Used/Consulted/Read Along the Way) Tsvetaeva by Viktoria Schweitzer Sophia Parnok: The Life and Work…
From Russia to Paris and Back – Ep.57
You’d think we wouldn’t find a way to detour through the Russian Revolution and find a connection to Natalie Barney in the same episode, but you’d be wrong. In the life of Russian poet Marina Tsvetaeva, we do just that amid a background of economic ups and downs and the question of ‘do I give…
The Forgotten Poet – Ep.56
Lucie Delarue Mardrus once inspired a perfume mixed just for her, while a millionaire had a fortune’s worth of rose essence dumped in the wake of her ship one time she left port. Despite touring, lecturing, and meeting royalty, she is best known today for one line: “In the smell of an apple I held…
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