The Poetry Foundation announces a bilingual poetry reading in celebration of CONTEMPORARY RUSSIAN POETRY: AN ANTHOLOGY, featuring Evgeny Bunimovich, Elena Fanailova, and Yuli Gugolev, with translations read by distinguished American poets. The event is co-sponsored by the Art Institute of Chicago, the National Endowment for the Arts, the Poetry Center of Chicago, and Dalkey Archive Press.
What: Bilingual poetry reading with Evgeny Bunimovich, Elena Fanailova, and Yuli Gugolev. Introductions by Christian Wiman, editor of Poetry magazine.
Translations will be read by Elise Paschen, Christina Pugh, Srikanth Reddy, Tony Triglio, David Trinidad, and Nick Twemlow.
When: Tuesday, 1 April, 6:00 p.m.
Where: Fullerton Hall, Art Institute, 111 South Michigan Avenue
Admission is free. A book signing will follow the reading.
For more information, visit http://www.poetryfoundation.org/.
The featured poets will also share the work of fellow Russian poets Ivan Zhdanov, Maria Stepanova, and Aleksandr Eremenko, all of whose poems are included in the new anthology. Complimentary copies of the April translation issue of Poetry magazine will be given to attendees.
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