A Dialogue on Poetry

Note from Iunost' editors: Iunost' receives many letters from readers about the poetry of A. Voznesenskii, and we wanted to move from specific questions about the poet's particular poems and images to consider the complex general problem that interests many people: the poet's craftsmanship and the language of his poetry. We publish here the transcript of a conversation between Andrei Voznesenskii and the critic Vladimir Ognev, a member of the editorial board of Iunost'.