Translated from the Russian by Christopher Mattison. "Shulpyakov is not only the inheritor of a great tradition and anti-tradition of Russian poetry, but also a new internationalist who understands the value of the local, of the immediate. This poet will mark his time. He is one of the handful of poets writing now I would confidently term 'a poet of genius.'"—John Kinsella

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Gleb Shulpyakov is a poet, essayist, and translator. He was born and lives in Moscow, and graduated with a degree in journalism from Moscow State University. He is the author of two collections of travel essays, several novels, and several collections of poetry. Two collections of his poems have been published in English translation by Canarium Books: LETTERS TO YAKUB (2014) and A FIREPROOF BOX (2011), which was a finalist for the Three Percent Best Translated Book Award.