"Everburning Pilot" and "For the Shrew": Two Poets, Two Books, Three Translators

Date and Time

November 17, 2022
04:30PM - 06:00PM EST

Location

Room 106, Emerson Hall, Harvard Yard

Anna Glazova, Independent Poet and Scholar; Visiting Professor, Dartmouth University
Leonid Schwab, Poet, Independent Artist
Alex Niemi, Independent Artist, Translator, and Bookbinder
Alexander Spektor, Associate Professor, University of Georgia
Anton Tenser, Independent Translator and Poet
Moderator: Stephanie Sandler, Ernest E. Monrad Professor of Slavic Languages and Literatures, Harvard University

Anna Glazova's For the Shrew and Leonid Schwab's Everburning Pilot will appear in English translation this fall. Our seminar will welcome both poets and three of their translators -- Alex Niemi, Alexander Spektor, and Anton Tenser -- to read from the books and answer questions about the poems, the translations, and the current state of Russian poetry.

Co-sponsored by the Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies and the Mahindra Humanities Center at Harvard.

Harvard University welcomes individuals with disabilities to participate in its programs and activities. If you would like to request accommodations or have questions about the physical access provided, please contact the Slavic Department at 617-495-4065 or slavic@fas.harvard.edu in advance of your participation or visit. Requests for Sign Language interpreters and/or CART providers should be made at least two weeks in advance, if possible. Please note that the university will make every effort to secure services, but that services are subject to availability.

Accessibility

Harvard University welcomes individuals with disabilities to participate in its programs and activities. If you would like to request accommodations or have questions about the physical access provided, please contact the Slavic Department at 617-495-4065 or slavic@fas.harvard.edu in advance of your participation or visit. Requests for Sign Language interpreters and/or CART providers should be made at least two weeks in advance, if possible. Please note that the university will make every effort to secure services, but that services are subject to availability.