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PRAISE FOR CITY OF NAKED FEELINGS

Natalia Zaretsky writes of a life split in half, of two worlds-one Russian ("my first forty-year chapter in Russia"), one American ("a new breath of Western air")-and what she has made of them.  City of Naked Feelings is a full testament of her affections, a healing work of art that echoes with biblical themes and closes a circle of remembrance.

Edward Hirsch, President of the Guggenheim Foundation

In self-portraits underpinned by the sorrow known only to those who have left their homelands, Natalia Zaretsky writes "from one soul to another," having recognized that "there is no heavier burden // than the weight of unremembering." Created "not for a touch, but for a glance," her poems unfold to reveal surprising depths and resonance. The spell conjured for a former lover has also been cast on her readers: "May the taste of my skin remain on your / tongue even after you forget my name."  

Michael Waters Professor of English at Salisbury University

She has received Fourth Prizes for her poems from Iliad Press, Poetry Magazine, Outstanding Achievement in Poetry Award, 2003, and President's Award of Literary Excellence, 2004.

Her poems have been published in Poetry Magazine, Rochurst Review, Iliad Press, Unmade Magazine, Sensation Magazine, Poetry.com, California Quarterly, Moment (magazine), Jewish Action, The Louisville Review, Sow's Ear, Verses, Paterson Poetry Review, Gin Bender Review, Rogue Scholars Press, The Georgetown Review, Fossil and many others.

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