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 ...

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 ...

“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 ...

In the opening poem of Ilya Kaminsky’s epic modern fable, “Deaf Republic,” a narrator in the U.S. begs forgiveness for living happily while other people’s houses are bombed in a faraway war. “We ...

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.

We’re halfway through UCF Celebrates the Arts, the annual festival of creativity at the Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts, and I’ve already experienced unforgettable moments. Here’s a look ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...