Description
This acclaimed debut poetry collection journeys through Odessa, family memory, exile, and the uneasy inheritance of history. Drawing on Jewish and Soviet experience, the poems honor the dead, revisit the landscapes of childhood, and explore how displacement reshapes identity, language, love, and belonging. Written in vivid, startling English by a poet who came to the language as an immigrant and has lived with profound deafness since childhood, the collection moves gracefully between humor and horror, intimacy and historical sweep. Musical, emotionally charged, and rich with imaginative detail, these poems establish a distinctive voice in contemporary American poetry.
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paperback
Tupelo Press
Published Jan 1, 2004
58 pages
ISBN: 1932195122
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Details
First Published
2004
Language
eng
Content Warnings
Content and trigger warnings for Dancing in Odessa by Ilya Kaminsky.