Shelf editors talk about books that can help you understand what is happening or endure despair . Poetry, prose, non-fiction: about all this - in the new episode of our podcast .
Yandex has introduced a new feature of its smart camera - "Poetry Around": by pointing the camera at any object in your environment, you will receive a poetic quote related to this object . The editors of the Shelf decided to continue this conversation in the studio .
The connection of Russian rock with the traditions of Russian poetry has always been obvious . Rock musicians referred to the classics - and themselves created texts that were proverbial . Modern poets admit that they were deeply influenced by Grebenshchikov, Bashlachev and Letov .
Polk podcast revisits how Russian literature speaks of idleness . From the blissful bliss of romantic poets to the pathological inactivity of Oblomov . From moralizing verses of Marshak and Barto to the real trial of the "parasite" Brodsky .