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> [mailto:owner-pen-l@;galaxy.csuchico.edu]On Behalf Of joanna bujes
> Sent: 06 November 2002 00:49
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> I grew up reading Russian authors writing about this same
> experience;
> however, it was possible for me to disting
Dear Mark,
Akhmatova, one of the greatest poets of this century, would turn over in
her grave if she knew that her poetry was used in defense of Stalin. As for
the piece by Simonov, it is a typical piece of nationalistic clap
trap--having nothing whatsoever to do with the heroic and selfless fi
