Lithuania's Tomas Venclova is one of Europe's greatest living poets. His work speaks with a moral depth exceptional in contemporary poetry. Venclova's poetry addresses the desolate landscape of the aftermath of totalitarianism, as well as the ethical constants that allow for hope and perseverance. The Junction brings together entirely new translations of his most recent work as well as a selection of poems from his 1997 volume Winter Dialogue. Tomas Venclova was born in 1937 in Klaipeda, Lithuania. He was one of the five founding members of the Lithuanian Helsinki Group and his activities led to a ban on publishing, exile, and the stripping of his Soviet citizenship in 1977. Since 1985 Venclova has taught Slavic languages and literature at Yale University. ""Venclova's poems speak well and give an indepth look into the mind of a citizen of [Lithuania]."" - Midwest Book Review ""If the translations gathered in The Junction, a representative offering of the Lithuanian's output since the 1990s, accuratley mirror the originals (as they surely do), then Venclova's craft is simply, and stunningly accomplished in the traditional or historical sense of the term.""-Antioch Review