In the first half of 2017, a book of poems by the brightest representative of the Ukrainian literary underground of the seventies, Grigory Chubai (translated by Alexei Risovanny ), will be published, which will include all free verse and the most iconic texts of the poet. We publish on Sigma a translation of the first letter to Oleg Lyshega. No. 1 It all started exactly five years ago with one old movie in an equally old and unpopular cinema with a dilapidated balcony.

“Life is just life.” More like a pathology, more like an accident without the cosmetics of spirit and meaning.

I bring to your attention our conversation with Vasily Labetsky, a Novosibirsk writer and poet, about his recently published book “Gardens of Yabonevnya” (Ripol Classic Publishing House, Moscow, 2016). He will tell you about his travels to Asia and into the wilds of the subconscious, about Eastern philosophy and love, as well as about the “Yabonevna gardens” blooming in a mystical city that is not on the map. As part of the project "Cities and People" . - Hello, Vasily!

Augusto Monterroso Bonilla BLACK SHEEP (fable) In a distant country, many years ago, there lived a black Sheep. She was shot. A century later, the herd repented and erected an equestrian statue in her honor, which looked quite good in the park. Since then, every time black sheep are born, they are immediately taken to be shot, so that future generations of ordinary sheep can also practice sculpting.

“You are accused of shaving your legs and will be cremated”© Body positivity sounds very inspiring. You immediately imagine some buddhas or bodhisattvas, enlightened yogis or mahatmas. But there’s nothing like that here, it’s just a relatively new concept for a phenomenon as old as the world - the naturalness of our bodies.

Author: M. Bruk 13.12.2016 14:34 According to the Jewish calendar , the month is Kislev. Each month of the Jewish calendar has a special energy. But Jewish energy has its own secret. If a person is not aware of the presence of this energy, it is as if it does not exist for him. It resembles a door in the wall that is painted like the wall. An outsider will see a solid wall, but an outsider will approach the right place, push the door and walk into a new reality.

Toilet and shower in one place, at the end of the corridor, shared by everyone. I'm going to write. At the door to this room stands a woman with a glassy, ​​evil gaze. He stands, looks straight, looks through me. She clutches the towel tightly in her hands, as if it were the most important thing in the universe, as if she were a Ford Prefect hitchhiker. Just not as cute as him. The moment my ship caught up with this woman, she began to speak.

Grandiose ideas and bold architectural experiments in photographs by Yuri Palmin. Photo by Yuri Palmin This material was first published in English on Inrussia.com . In 1955, shortly after Stalin's death, the country's new leadership ended the era of opulent classicism in Soviet architecture.