Infused with sapphic desire, A Dove Under My Hand: Sapphic Writings by Marina Tsvetaeva presents three works: Story of Sonechka , “ Girlfriend Poems,” and “ Letter to an Amazon,” all newly translated by Sonja Franeta. Story of Sonechka , a novella, is composed of fragments, conversations, and verse exploring Tsvetaeva’ s romance with Russian actress, Sonya Holliday; it was one of the last works that Tsvetaeva completed before her death. The “ Girlfriend Poems” are Tsvetaeva’ s love lyrics to Russian poet Sofia Parnok. Seven additional poems extend this lyrical cycle. Contemplating queer love and the tension between romantic passion and maternal instinct, “ Letter to an Amazon” is Tsvetaeva’ s response to Natalie Barney’ s Pensé es d'une Amazone . Expertly translated, all these writings explore lesbian love in rich and complex ways, brimming with emotional intensity and literary intelligence. These works stand among the earliest to shine a light on queer love in Russia, at a time when both were taboo and rare. An afterword by Olgerta Kharitonova, publisher of the former Russian zine Ostrov, offers a vivid, multifaceted portrait of Tsvetaeva’ s meaning to queer women in Russia and its diaspora. A Dove Under My Hand highlights Tsvetaeva’ s lesbian writings and cements her enduring legacy as a writer of radical emotional honesty and queer literary defiance.