{"product_id":"f-letter-new-russian-feminist-poetry","title":"F Letter: New Russian Feminist Poetry","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eF Letter\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e assembles the feminist poets who have palpably changed the Russian language over the last decade. Against the backdrop of state violence and oppression, this is electric dissent in pursuit of a democratic, egalitarian future. A lexicon for revolution worldwide.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis poetry's brilliance lies in its rhythm, energy, and depth of emotion – in its universal relevance rather than applied politics.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eF Letter\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e takes its name from the Russian-language journal \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eF pis'mo\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. Since 2017, this has been the centre of feminist and LGBTQ+ writing, protest, and activism across Eastern Europe and Russia. It is rare that literature can wholly reinvent a language – and yet, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eF Letter\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e has done so at the scale of the letter itself, coining, for instance, the 'feminitives' that are now an everyday controversy in Russian society. The danger that the authors confront for such transgressive work cannot be underestimated. Many – like \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eF pis'mo\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e's founding editor, Galina Rymbu – are forced into exile under threat of draconian prison sentences, on charges of 'pornography' and 'gay propaganda'. Others have been added to the 'kill list' of the hate group, Pila, which was likely behind the murder of Yelena Gregoriva. And yet, these writers continue to organise – most recently leading the protest against the arrest of the young illustrator Yulia Tsvetkova. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eMy Vagina\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, the last poem in the anthology, was composed by Rymbu as its rallying cry. Far from a symbolic act, the poem has, in the space of weeks, been translated into twelve languages and taken up by feminist and LGBTQ+ causes worldwide.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eForeword by Eileen Myles. Texts by Lida Yusupova, Daria Serenko, Lolita Agamalova, Elena Kostyleva, Egana Djabbarova, Oksana Vasyakina, Elena Georgievskaya, Stanislava Mogileva, Ekaterina Simonova, Nastya Denisova, Yulia Podlubnova, Galina Rymbu.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e256 pages, 7 x 10.8 cm, softcover, English \/ Russian, isolarii (New York).\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Featherheart Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":68313416859872,"sku":"978173507503","price":3200.0,"currency_code":"JPY","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0772\/4987\/2096\/files\/Screenshot2026-10-29at13.03.21.png?v=1793246833","url":"https:\/\/featherheartbooks.com\/products\/f-letter-new-russian-feminist-poetry","provider":"Featherheart Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}