Out of the Blue: Contents

Editor's Preface
Kevin Moss
Publisher's Note
Winston Leyland
Introduction: Russia's Gay Literature and History
Simon Karlinsky

1.GAY THEMES IN GOLDEN AGE LITERATURE (19th Century)

Alexander Pushkin (1799-1837)
Poem: Imitation of the Arabic
Translated by Michael Green
A Pushkin Puzzle
Essay by Michael Green
Mikhail Lermontov (1814-1841)
Poem:Ode to the John
Poem:To Tiesenhausen
Translated by Vitaly Chernetsky
Nikolai Gogol (1809-1852)
Nights at the Villa
Translated with commentary by Simon Karlinsky
Leo Toistoy (1828-1910)
The Ivins-Selections from Childhood
Pages from Tolstoy's Diaries
Translated by Kevin Moss
Konstantin Leontiev (1831-1891)
Khamid and Manoli (story)
Translated by Gerald McCausland

II. THE FIRST FLOWERING OF GAY CULTURE (Early 20th Century)

Mikhail Kuzmin (1872-1936)
Aunt Sonya's Sofa (story)
Virginal Victor: A Byzantine Tale (story)
A Summer Affair (Cycle of 12 poems)
A Story Interrupted (Cycle of 10 poems)
Three Poems from Alexandrian Songs
All storieslpoems translated by Michael Green
Mikhail Kuzmin: Past and Present
Mikhail Kuzmin's Diaries-A Foretaste
Two Essays by Michael Green
Fyodor Sologub (1863-1927)
The Petty Demon (Selections from the novel)
Translated by S. D. Cioran
Vyacheslav Ivanov (1866-1949)
Two Poems
Translated by Vitaly Chernelsky
Vasily Rozanov (1856-1919)
People of the Moonlight (Selections)
Translated by Spencer E. Roberts
Nikolai Klyuev (1887-1937)
Two Poems
Translated by Simon Karlinsky
Sergei Esenin (1895-1925)
Four Poems
Translated by Vitaly Chernetsky

III. HIDDEN FROM VIEW UNDER THE SOVIETS: UNDERGROUND AND EMIGRE LITERATURE (1920-1980)

Ryurik Ivnev (1891-1981)
Selections from Ivnev's Diaries
Translated by Michael Molnar
Poem: "Who Will Comprehend These Feelings."
Translated by Vitaly Chernetsky
Anatoly Steiger (1907-1981)
Ten Poems
Translated by Paul Schmidt
Georgy Ivanov (1894-1958)
The Third Rome (Selections from the novel)
Translated by Vitaly Chernetsky
Valery Pereleshin [pseud.] (1913-1992)
Three Poems
Three Sonnets from Ariel
Translated by Simon Karlinsky
Twelve Sonnets from Ariel
Translated by Vitaly Chernetsky
Yevgeny Kharitonov (1941-1981)
Four Stories:
The Oven
One Boy's Story: How I Got Like That
Alyosha-Seryozha
The Leaflet
All translated by Kevin Moss
Gennady Trifonov (b. 1945)
Poem: Letter from Prison
Three Poems from Tbilisi by Candlelight
Translated by Simon Karlinsky
Open Letter to Literaturnaya Gazeta
Translated by Kevin Moss

IV.GAY LIFE REBORN IN THE NEW RUSSIA (1990-)

Letters to the Editor of Tema and 1/10
Translated by Kevin Moss
V. K. and Nikolai Serov
Letters About Prison Life
Translated by Dan Healey
Vladimir Makanin (b. 1937)
The Prisoner of the Caucasus (story)
Translated by Anatoly Vishevsky and Michael Biggins
Vassily Aksyonov (b. 1932)
Around Dupont (story)
Translated by Alla Zbinovsky
Yury Past (b. 1954)
No Offense in Love (story)
Translated by Diane Nemec, Ignashev
Nikolai Kolyada (b. 1957)
Slingshot (play)
Translated by Susan Larsen
Sergei Rybikov (b. 1962)
Lays of the Gay Slavs
Translated by Anatoly Vishevsky and Michael Biggins
Dmitry Gubin (b. 1967)
Three Poems
Translated by J. Kates
Dmitry Kuz'min (b. 1968)
Two Poems
Translated by Vitaly Chernetsky
Gennady Trifonov (b. 1945)
Two Ballets by George Balanchine (Selections from the novella)
Translated by Michael Molnar
Efim Yeliseev [pseud.] (b. 1940s)
The Bench (story)
Translated by Anthony Vanchu
Vitaly Yasinsky [Pseud.] (b. 1946)
A Sunny Day at the Seaside (story)
Translated by Anthony Vanchu
K. E. [pseud.] (b. 1962)
The Phone Call (story)
Translated by Anthony Vanchu
Yaroslav Mogutin (b. 1974)
The Death of Misha Beautiful
Poem: The Army Elegy
Translated by Vitaly Chernetsky
Dimitri Bushuev (b. 1969)
Poem: "The night will burst with hail, and the rain"
Echoes of Harlequin (Selections from the novel)
Translated by Vitaly Chernetsky


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