Music for the Dead and Resurrected - by Valzhyna Mort

Music for the Dead and Resurrected by Valzhyna Mort is a powerful and thought-provoking collection of letters to the dead, confronting the legacy of violent death in one family in Belarus.

Through these poignant and unforgettable letters, Mort explores how we mourn after a century of propaganda and challenges the collective power of Soviet and American historical mythology.

With musical form serving as a safe house for the poet's voice, old trees speak to her as the only remaining witnesses, hosts to both radiation and memory.

This searing and hallucinogenic ritual of remembrance is a must-read for anyone interested in the power of poetry to fight tyranny and remember the past.