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I tried reading the Penguin version of Tsvetaeva years ago, but it read flat for me. My attempt followed my reading of Robert Reeder's impressive biography on Anna Akhmatova. For some reason the fiery, passionate Tsvetaeva I found in those pages, wasn't all that compelling in the available English versions of her work (Penguin edition at least). Whatever. Perhaps at the timeI didn't read it in the right frame of mind. This version read much better for me. Kossman, a Russian-American poet, for me
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