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Russia boasts a long and rich tradition of vibrant, highly crafted, and imaginative poetry. This collection of translations of famous Russian poets’ verse into English is the result of a unique collaboration. Widely published poet, Stephen A. Rozwenc, and Professor of Russian language, literature, and culture at the University of South Florida, Victor Peppard, have joined together to produce a group of stirring translations. These scintillating examples capture, in enticing contemporary English, the complete representation of Russian language, wordplay, image , irony, metaphor, poetic form and deeper cultural expression contained in each poem.