Album for the Young (and Old)

Album for the Young (and Old)By: Vera Pavlova A new collection of the accessible and evocative "micro verse" from one of Russia's most beloved poets. Vera Pavlova's If There Is Something to Desire delighted the poetry world a few years ago. Her poems, rarely longer than a few lines, thrill and puzzle us like Zen koans, considering matters philosophical, romantic, sexual, familial, artistic. Album for the Young (and Old), whose title poem takes its name and inspiration from

subtly hilarious

As Lady Randolph Churchill

But will the Force be with them—or will they be defeated by the FunTime Menace

He knows better than to expect his overprotective older sister Apogee to help him figure it out

「1對1沒問題，為什麼人一多就覺得很難聊天呢？」

First Ladies find themselves in a job that is impossible to define

and multimillionaires guzzling booze to dull the pain as their fortunes disappear

In a world beset by strife and enemies that would thwart their plans

The Seven Crystal Balls

encountering snippy-snappy crocodiles

It’s high jinks

The Beginning of Infinity explores and establishes deep connections between the laws of nature