Please join us for a poetry reading and conversation with Semyon Khanin, a Riga-based poet, translator, and editor, author of several books, including Tol'ko chto (2003), Opushchennye podrobnosti (2008), Vplav' (2013), A vam ne kazhetsa, chto eti vashi p'at' minut kak-to slishkom sil'no zat'anulis' (2015), No ne tem (selected poems, 2017), Posignal' (2019), and Dve vtoryh (2023). Khanin’s collections of poetry have appeared in most European languages. He is also a translator of Latvian and American poetry into Russian, and editor of several books of Russian and Latvian poets, e.g., the anthology Latvian/Russian Poetry. Poems in Russian Written by Latvian Poets (2011). Khanin is the founding member of the multimedia poetry project Orbita, a creative collective of poets and visual artists whose works features a dialogue between various cultures and genres (including literature, music, video, and photography, among others). He is the author of performances and installations One Face Theatre, Three-Dimensional Poetry etc. Directions: At the reception desk of the Hunter West Building, please present your ID to get a pass. From there, take the escalator to the 3rd floor, turn right and walk across the sky bridge to the Hunter East Building, then take the elevator to the 7th floor. Hemmerdinger Center is at the end of the hallway past the turnstiles.
Semyon Khanin. A reading and discussion on poetry, urban art, and publishing
