For Ukrainian-American poet Ilya Kaminsky, who lost most of his hearing from catching mumps as a child, “silence can bring communities together or pull them apart.” The award-winning writer will visit ...

“Lullaby” by the well-known poet is riding the rails as part of the MTA’s “Poetry in Motion” series. (New York Jewish Week) — Attention subway riders: A poem by the Jewish Ukrainian-American poet Ilya ...

Poets Ilya Kaminsky and Katie Farris, two former Atlantans who are married, will give a reading of their work at The Breman Museum April 18 at 7 p.m. in a program that coincides with Yom HaShoah ...

Deaf Republic takes place in an unspecified time of political unrest in an occupied territory. The story unfolds in episodic poems, opening with the shooting of a young deaf boy at a protest. In ...

In Ilya Kaminsky’s Deaf Republic, villagers’ deafness becomes an act of revolt against a totalitarian government, and their use of sign language unites them as a community. These themes, along with ...

We are celebrating Deaf History & Poetry month with Ilya Kaminsky, author "Deaf Republic" on Saturday, April 1st at Gates Public Library, 902 Elmgrove Rd, Rochester, NY 14624. All are invited.

Ilya Kaminsky is a hard-of-hearing Ukrainian-American poet, translator, and professor. He emigrated from Odessa after the fall of the USSR and lives in California. He is known for his collections ...

Ilya Kaminsky, professor of creative writing, and Patricia Smith, visiting professor of creative writing in the Lewis Center for the Arts and the Princeton Atelier, have been named Academy of American ...

Before Ilya Kaminsky reads at the Seattle Art Museum Thursday, he'll pass out copies of his poems. Kaminsky, a native of the former Soviet Union, has been legally deaf for most of his life and an ...

Ilya Kaminsky was born in Odessa, former Soviet Union in 1977, and arrived to the United States in 1993, when his family was granted asylum by the American government. Ilya is the author of _Deaf ...