The Peninsula of Utopias: Reactions to the Annexation of Crimea in Contemporary Russophone Poetry
Journal: East European Jewish Affairs
Year: 2021

In this article, I seek to trace two main agendas of contemporary Russophone poetry about Crimea: namely, to react to the re-annexation of 2014 by Russia, and, in so doing, to inscribe this event into the preceding poetic tradition of writing on Crimea in terms of continuity or juxtaposition. Analysis of the anthology Our Crimea (2014) reveals intense polyphony, from the problematization of the notion of historical belonging to attempts to anesthetize the painful present with texts of nostalgia