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Alexander Vvedensky

ALEXANDER VVEDENSKY (1904-1941) co-founded the OBERIU, the so-called Russian Absurdist group of poets, with Daniil Kharms in 1928. A radical poet and accomplished children's writer, Vvedensky faced repeated arrest on counterrevolutionary charges and perished in 1941 during transport to one of Stalin’s gulags.

THE MEANING OF THE SEA by Alexander Vvedensky (translated by Alex Cigale)

July 1, 2011 Contributed By: Alex Cigale, Alexander Vvedensky

to understand it once and for all one must live life as in reverse and to take walks in the forest while tearing out your hair whole and when you get to know the fire of the light bulb or of the oven say to it why are you shining you the fire are candle’s […]

Filed Under: Poetry, Translation Posted On: July 1, 2011

Contributor Bios for Issue 4 Summer 2011

July 1, 2011 Contributed By: Adetokunbo Abiola, Aleksandra Bogdanova, Alex Cigale, Alexander Motyl, Alexander Vvedensky, Barbara Hamby, Carrie Shipers, Claire Harlan Orsi, Daniel Wolff, Daniele Pantano, Daniil Kharms, David Allen Sullivan, David Cody, David Hawkins, David Kirby, David Starkey, Emily M. Green, Eric Arnold, Francine Witte, Hannah Stephenson, Jeff Laughlin, Jeremy D. Campbell, Jordan A. Rothacker, Jorge Volpi, Laura Carter, Manua Das, Michael Arkush, Michael Barach, Michelle Askin, Okla Elliott, Patrick Fadely, Rabindra K. Swain, Robert Loss, Robert Walser, Serge Segay, Theodore Worozbyt, Weston Cutter

Issue 4 Summer 2011 ADETOKUNBO ABIOLA is a Nigerian journalist and writer. He has published Labulabu Mask, a novel (Macmillan Nigeria). He has also published in print and online magazines such as Rake Journal, BBC Focus on Africa Magazine, Flask Review, Zapata!, Liberation Lit, Sage of Consciousness Review, Africa Writer.Com, Big Pulp, the One World Global Anthology, The November 3rd Club, Mobius-Journal for Social Change, Dog Eat Crow […]

Filed Under: Contributor Bios Posted On: July 1, 2011

MAYDAY Magazine: Issue 4 Summer 2011

July 1, 2011 Contributed By: Adetokunbo Abiola, Aleksandra Bogdanova, Alex Cigale, Alexander Motyl, Alexander Vvedensky, Barbara Hamby, Carrie Shipers, Claire Harlan Orsi, Daniel Wolff, Daniele Pantano, Daniil Kharms, David Allen Sullivan, David Cody, David Hawkins, David Kirby, David Starkey, Emily M. Green, Eric Arnold, Francine Witte, Hannah Stephenson, Jeff Laughlin, Jeremy D. Campbell, Jordan A. Rothacker, Jorge Volpi, Laura Carter, Manua Das, Michael Arkush, Michael Barach, Michelle Askin, Okla Elliott, Patrick Fadely, Rabindra K. Swain, Robert Loss, Robert Walser, Serge Segay, Theodore Worozbyt, Weston Cutter

F E A T U R E S Aleksandra Bogdanova в е з д е photographs David Kirby & Barbara Hamby SOUL MAN: LIFE IN RUSSIA, THEN AND NOW     essay and photographs Jorge Volpi & Okla Elliott WAYS OF EXPLORING THE WORLD     an interview with Jorge Volpi (English and Spanish version) Jorge Volpi SEASON OF […]

Filed Under: Issues Posted On: July 1, 2011

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