Star Map

The poems of Alexander Kushner are well-known and loved by those who cherish and need Russian poetry. In the book «Star Map», the twenty-second in count, his new poems are included, as always, infused with subtle lyricism and celebrating the poetics of life itself with all its joys and sorrows, which is accurately and concisely reflected in the line: «The meaning of life is in life, in itself...». According to Joseph Brodsky, Alexander Kushner can be considered «one of the best lyrical poets of the twentieth century».