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SUMMARY:A Magic Mirror. An Evening of Poetry with Julia Nemirovskaya - Jul
 ia Nemirovskaya\, University of Oregon
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CONTACT:Ksenia Afonina
DESCRIPTION:Join us for an inspiring evening with Julia Nemirovskaya\, the
  renowned Moscow-born poet and editor of two bilingual anthologies of prot
 est poetry centered on Russia’s war in Ukraine: Disbelief (Smokestack Bo
 oks\, 2022) and Dislocation (Slavica\, 2024).\n\nJulia teaches and directs
  student theater at the University of Oregon (UO). She will be visiting us
  to read poetry\, talk about her work\, her life and poetry\, the New Wave
  poets\, and the wartime poetry\, and answer questions from the audience.\
 n\nWhen: Friday 21 February 2025 19:00-21:00 (doors at 18:30)\n\nWhere: M
 ain Lecture Theatre\, Trinity Hall\, Trinity Lane\, Cambridge CB2 1TJ\n\nL
 anguage: English with some poetry read in original Russian\n\nFormat: in 
 person and online via Zoom\n\nTickets in person: £8 standard / £5 CamRu
 SS members & concessions\;\nZoom: £5 standard\, free for CamRuSS members 
 & students.\nAccess to video recording: free for CamRuSS members\, £5 for
  others\, incl. students.\n\nPlease book via AllEvents\, https://shorturl.
 at/MltOz\n\nThis event will be followed by drinks reception.\n\nJulia Nemi
 rovskaya is a poet\, prose writer\, and literary scholar. She graduated fr
 om Moscow State University\, where she defended her Ph.D. dissertation in 
 1991. Before emigrating to the United States that same year\, she was a me
 mber of the renowned Kirill Kovaldzhi “New Wave Poets” seminar and the
  Moscow Poetry Club.\nShe has published four collections of poetry and sho
 rt stories\, a novel\, and a book on Russian cultural history\, Inside the
  Russian Soul: A Historical Survey of Russian Cultural Patterns (McGraw-Hi
 ll\, 1997\, 2001). Her work has appeared in Asymptote\, GLAS\, Literary Re
 view\, Znamya\, LRS-Lettres Russes\, Bonniers Litterära Magasin\, and oth
 er publications. Her writings have been translated into several European l
 anguages. Additionally\, her 26 plays have been staged in theatres across 
 Russia\, the United States\, Germany\, and France. 
LOCATION:Main Lecture Theatre\, Trinity Hall\, Trinity Lane\, Cambridge CB
 2 1TJ
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