"Black Candle," "Leningrad," "And I Was Alive"
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In this installment of Lyric Nation, Christian Wiman reads his translations of three poems by Osip Mandelstam: "Black Candle," which appeared in the January 23, 2012 issue of The Nation, "Leningrad" and "And I Was Alive." These poems were recorded by Ed Herrmann.
Christian WimanChristian Wiman's most recent book is Every Riven Thing (FSG). His translations of Osip Mandelstam, Stolen Air, will be published by Ecco in March. He edits Poetry magazine. Photo courtesy of Danielle Chapman.