There was no sign outside of Wheeler Hall, but the Colloquium Room was packed, with standing room only (it seats 150). People had turned out for a Canadian woman, born in 1950, who teaches ancient Greek. Her poetry and prose are an ineffable blend, like one of those fresh streams with an unknown source, which Read More
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Reviews by Steven Gray
A RUSSIAN WRITER IS THE ANTI-PUTIN: MIKHAIL SHISHKIN
There was a crowd of lushes at the bar of the Hotel Rex, so I was a few minutes late to the reading in the Salon. One of the most respected writers in Russia, Mikhail Shishkin, was reading passages in Russian from his novel Maidenhair. They were then read in English by his translator, Marian Schwartz. The Salon Read More