voice, caustic and soaring, that, more than speaking truth to power, made a fool of it. "Who told you you were a poet? Who assigned you that rank?" the judge demanded. "Who assigned me to the human race?" the accused retorted."What a biography they're creating for our redhead," exclaimed Anna Akhmatova, Brodsky's mentor and the great Pieta-figure in the Soviet gallery of artistic oppression.
from The Boston Globe: Diligent research but little heart in Brodsky biography
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