APPLETON, WIS. — Award winning American poet Lyn Hejinian and Russian poet Ilya Kutik will give a reading of their respective works Tuesday, April 15 at 7:30 p.m. in Lawrence University’s Wriston Art Center auditorium. A reception and book signing will follow the reading.
Prior to their reading, Hejinian and Kutik will conduct a question-and-answer session Monday, April 14 at 4:30 p.m. in Main Hall 216. Both events are free and open to the public.
Hejinian is the author of more than a dozen books of poetry, including her autobiographical collection “My Life,” “The Fatalist,” “A Border Comedy” and “The Cold of Poetry” as well as numerous books of essays and two volumes of translations of works by Russian poet Arkadii Dragomoshchenko.
A professor of English at the University of California-Berkeley, Hejinian is a fellow of the Academy of American Poets and was elected a chancellor of the academy in 2006. Her numerous honors and awards include a National Endowment for the Arts Translation Fellowship.
Kutik, one of the founders of the Russian poetic movement known as “meta-realism,” teaches Russian literature at Northwestern University. He has published five volumes of poetry and translations, including “The Death of Tragedy,” “Odysseus’ Bow” and the “Pentathlon of the Senses.” He also has written three books of essays and criticism. His most recent book, “Epic,” is scheduled for publication this spring in Moscow.
Hejinian’s and Kutik’s appearance are supported by the Mia T. Paul Poetry Fund and the Stevens Lectureship Fund.
