The current state of affairs (both in the world and in my head… I hate Mondays) calls for a particular excerpt from “Oh, the Places You’ll Go!” I got the book as a high school graduation present from a lovely family that I have since lost touch with. I used to read this out loudContinue reading “Monday Night Poetry Club”
Author Archives: Natalia Antonova
“Manufactured Outrage”
This short piece has just been published by the good folks of Global Comment. It’s about some weird events in the media a few weeks ago – events that should be pondered further.
Road Rage
I just love it when someone runs a red light, then proceeds to honk at me for being in his way, because, you know, the fact that I happen to have the green light doesn’t really mean anything.
“The End of the Affair”
Is a personal essay of mine that has just been published on the Common Ties Story Blog. The essay is a wee bit whiny (like most of my stuff). Nevertheless, I am proud of having been selected, and am honestly honoured to be included in such a fun, diverse group of writers, both aspiring andContinue reading ““The End of the Affair””
Monday Night Poetry Club
This is another one of my own translations. It’s about Kiev, my home. This poem was originally published in a collection entitled “White Flock,” in 1917. The poem itself appears to have been written in 1914. The statue of Vladimir the Christener still stands over the River Dnipro, just like it did when Akhmatova describedContinue reading “Monday Night Poetry Club”
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