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A Dove Under My Hand: Sapphic Writings by Marina Tsvetaeva

A Dove Under My Hand: Sapphic Writings by Marina Tsvetaeva

Franeta, Sonja
Tsvetaeva, Marina

Paperback

Series: Sapphic Classics

General Poetry

ISBN10: 1970841028
ISBN13: 9781970841022
Publisher: Sinister Wisdom
Published: Sep 15 2026
Pages: 296
Weight: 0.88
Height: 0.67 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English

Infused with sapphic desire, A Dove Under My Hand: Sapphic Writings by Marina Tsvetaeva presents three works: Story of Sonecka, Girlfriend Poems, and Letter to an Amazon, all newly translated by Sonja Franeta. Story of Sonechka, a novella, is composed of fragments, conversations, and verse exploring Tsvetaeva's romance with Russian actress, Sonia Holliday; it was one of the last works that Tsvetaeva completed before her death. The Girlfriend Poems are Tsvetaeva's love lyrics to Russian poet Sophia Parnok. Seven additional poems extend this lyrical cycle. Letter to an Amazon is Tsvetaeva's response to Natalie Barney's Pensées d'une Amazone, contemplating queer love and the tension between romantic passion and maternal instinct. Expertly translated, all these writings explore lesbian love in rich and complex ways, brimming with emotional intensity and literary intelligence. These works stand amongst the earliest to shine a light on queer love in Russia, at a time when both were taboo and rare. An afterword by Olgerta Kharitonova, publisher of the Russian zine Ostrov, offers a vivid, multi-faceted portrait of Tsvetaeva's meaning to queer women in Russia and its diaspora. A Dove Under My Hand cements Tsvetaeva's enduring legacy as a writer of radical emotional honesty and queer literary defiance.

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