Join us for a conversation with acclaimed author and journalist Alexander Genis about the life and works of the literary diaspora from the USSR in New York nearly half a century ago! Raised in Riga, Latvia, Genis emigrated to the U.S. in 1977 at the age of 24, soon after graduating from the Department of Philology of Latvian University. In New York, where he has lived ever since, Genis joined the vibrant cultural scene of the Third Wave of the Russian emigration: his friends and fellow authors included Sergei Dovlatov, Joseph Brodsky, Petr Vail, Vagrich Bakhchanyan, Vitaly Komar, to name but a few. Today, Genis continues to write about the immigrant experience, literature, travel, and cooking, remaining the resonant voice of the Third Wave.
Alexander Genis, Yasha Klots. The Third Wave: Immigrants from the Soviet Union in New York (1970-1980s)
