"I hadn't written poetry in Russian for almost four years (since what began, of course)—not for any strict reason, but simply because I had no poems. But suddenly they appeared—the texts of this collection, which emerged over several months—and I still don't understand why. Apparently, I'm not supposed to understand. And: for me, practically all of these texts form a single conversation about how conversations with the dead are now completely overwhelming and deafening to me—but I am extremely grateful for each one."