What Do You Want?

Marina Temkina

POETRY  |  $17 $15

November 2009
OUT OF PRINT

In short, a New Thing is born.

Cynthia Ozick

What Do You Want? is Marina Temkina’s first book in English. It consists of several texts made for installations, or as part of hand-made artist’s books. In addition to these, two poems translated from Russian (by Vladislav Davidzon and Alexander Stessin) are also included, along with installation images and original drawings by the author. What Do You Want? is funded in part by a grant from The New York State Council on the Arts, a state agency.

About the Author

Marina Temkina is a poet-artist whose multi-genre work embodies her immigrant experiences. Her books include the poetry collection What Do You Want? (UDP), the artists book Who Is I? (Content), two books in collaboration with artist Michel Gerard, four books of poetry in Russian, and a forthcoming volume of her collected Russian poems (NLO). Temkina has received grants from the National Endowment for the Arts and the Memorial Foundation for Jewish Culture among others. In her work as a psychotherapist, she specializes in refugee resettlement, cultural differences, and gender and identity.

Praise

There is nothing in the world like it -- Dada plus autobiography plus chanting cadences plus riddles plus geographies plus histories. In short, a New Thing is born.

Cynthia Ozick

Publication Details

ISBN: 978-1-933254-38-8
Trade Paperback
Smyth-sewn. 128 pp, 6.5 x 8.5 in
Publication Date: November 16 2009
Distribution: SPD
Series: Eastern European Poets Series #24