chastushki and limericks

[Katerina P. King]

See the latest issue of the New Yorker; it has an article on Russian
Mat, including a discussion of Chastushki.
Katya King

Alexandra N. Leontieva wrote:

>Hello list,
>
>I attended a poetry evening - held at a pub - that was entirely devoted to
>limericks, of course.
>
>The people running it all started asking about chastushki - however, they don't
>speak Russian, so here some English-language resources would be required.
>
>My two questions / requests are:
>
>
>1. Any English resources / translations of chastushki?
>2. Russian limericks - I do remember a few, but there should be a few
>collections here and there?
>
>Thanks in advance
>
>Alexandra
>
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Katerina P. King, Ph.D.
Mount Holyoke College

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