{"product_id":"9781937027827-its-no-good","title":"It's No Good","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eKirill Medvedev is a young Russian poet who in 2003 rejected the Moscow literary world for its corruption and irrelevance. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn the years since, he has protested the Putin regime on the streets of Moscow, written long essays about the post-Soviet intelligentsia, and taken his poetry in new directions. \"I am interested,\" Medvedev has written, \"exclusively in the artist undertaking a 'battle for his art'—which in our own time will mean a battle for his position. The meaning of this is contained not in one or another social function, but, to the contrary, in the ability to \u003ci\u003esee\u003c\/i\u003e, without distortion by one's social standing, without limitations by one's artistic milieu.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e This book, co-published with Ugly Duckling Presse, collects Medvedev's poetry, essays, and manifestos from the past decade. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55726500381046,"sku":"9781937027827","price":14.65,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_34840136.jpg?v=1750300046","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781937027827-its-no-good","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}