Basket of Braids by Natalia Litvinova, translated by Kelsi Vanada readings Soffici’s unrelenting poems manifest his

Soffici’s unrelenting poems manifest his milieu’s fascination with the metropolis

Seeing the West through the eyes of young Seivwright

they are written from the perspective of a range of women each caught up in war by association

part of the permanent collection in the Graves Art Gallery in Sheffield

Basket of Braids by Natalia Litvinova, translated by Kelsi Vanada readings Soffici’s unrelenting poems manifest hisThe title of Basket of Braids forms a surprising image. Why would anyone store braided hair in a basket? The women in my family keep the hair they cut off in a basket of braids. Its an ancient tradition, no one can remember who started it. For Belarusian poet Natalia Litvinova, who immigrated with her family to Buenos Aires at the age of ten, this basket of braids symbolises the strength of the bonds between the rural Slavic women who came before her