{"product_id":"04-05-2022-my-hollywood-and-other-poems-by-boris-dralyuk","title":"Dralyuk, Boris: My Hollywood and Other Poems","description":"\u003cp\u003ePaul Dry Books, paperback\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePublication Date: April 5, 2022\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePublisher Marketing: A tender collection of original and translated poetry from the editor of the \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e exploring the lives and longing of Russian immigrants in L.A.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"The wit and daring of his rhymes and phrasing remind me of that old master, Donald Justice, who dazzled us with the elegance of his forms. Dralyuk carries this high style into the 21st century, and I, for one, am thrilled to be in the presence of his marvelous verbal art. Pay attention, readers: a new maestro is in our midst.\"—Ilya Kaminsky, author of \u003ci\u003eDeaf Republic\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eDancing in Odessa\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"yiv3829331569ydpd6f8a7ffmsonormal\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMy Hollywood and Other Poems\u003c\/i\u003e is a collection of lyric meditations on the experience of émigrés in Los Angeles. In forms ranging from ballades to villanelles to Onegin sonnets, the poems pursue the sublime in a tarnished landscape, seek continuity and mourn its loss in a town where change is the only constant. \u003ci\u003eMy Hollywood\u003c\/i\u003e draws on the poet’s own life as a Jewish immigrant from the Soviet Union, honors the vanishing traces of the city’s past, and, in crisp and evocative translations, summons the voices of five Russian poets who spent their final years in LA, including the composer Vernon Duke.\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"My Hollywood\u003c\/i\u003e is a book to savor.\"—A. M. Juster, author of \u003ci\u003eWonder \u0026amp; Wrath\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A beautifully evocative debut.”—Vona Groarke, author of \u003ci\u003eSpindrift\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eDouble Negative\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Open Books: A Poem Emporium","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39427110600727,"sku":"9781589881679","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0004\/6497\/7956\/products\/9781589881679_61026.jpg?v=1635036063","url":"https:\/\/open-books-a-poem-emporium.myshopify.com\/products\/04-05-2022-my-hollywood-and-other-poems-by-boris-dralyuk","provider":"Open Books: A Poem Emporium","version":"1.0","type":"link"}