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Yelena Furman
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Academic, writer, book reviewer of Russian/East European/FSU immigrant literatures Co-founder, Punctured Lines, a blog about literatures of the former USSR & diaspora, w/ Olga Zilberbourg
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@robmunb.bsky.socialReposted by @yelenafurman.bsky.socialTwo brilliant books about very different forms of forced displacement are out this month on either side of the Atlantic: The Refugee Chronicles by Evgeny Shtorn, published in Ireland by @skeinpress.bsky.social and Brais Lamela's What Remains, published by @dorothyproject.bsky.social in the US
@yelenafurman.bsky.socialHa! I now always think of that after you pointed that out.
@puncturedlines.bsky.socialReposted by @yelenafurman.bsky.socialOverwintered is scheduled to be released in February, 2027, and you can preorder it, which helps both writers and their publishers.
@puncturedlines.bsky.socialReposted by @yelenafurman.bsky.socialThis hybridity is evident in the mixture of languages, as she incorporates Russian and Arabic into her English-language poetry to reflect her multiple identities. The three poems featured below showcase these themes.
@puncturedlines.bsky.socialReposted by @yelenafurman.bsky.socialEnjoy poems from Elina Katrin’s collection Overwintered (@triohousepress.org, 2027) -- full poems available on Punctured Lines. Katrin is a Syrian-Russian immigrant poet who lives in Los Angeles. Her poems are characterized by themes of immigration, dislocation, and cultural hybridity.
@olgaz.bsky.socialReposted by @yelenafurman.bsky.socialThis book is both lyrical and tells a unique and rather sad story of migration. As the world rebuilds its walls, those of us with families elsewhere become ever so trapped and disconnected. It's good to have these poems for companionship and solace.
@yelenafurman.bsky.socialIt is. I find it very calming to look at water, which is helpful when everything is chaos.
@yelenafurman.bsky.socialDown Pacific Coast Highway. It was hard to capture, but the waves were big. LA is an amazing place.
@yelenafurman.bsky.socialICYMI, with many thanks to @olgaz.bsky.social for help with editing and technology.
@puncturedlines.bsky.socialReposted by @yelenafurman.bsky.socialICYMI: Poems from Elina Katrin’s Overwintered. Katrin is a Syrian-Russian immigrant poet living in LA, whose English-language poetry incorporates Russian and Arabic. Overwintered is out in February and you can get a taste for it below and pre-order here: triohousepress.myshopify.com/.../pre-order.
@yelenafurman.bsky.socialGreat connection - I didn't think about that, but of course.
@yelenafurman.bsky.socialBetween my lack of technical skills and my lack of Arabic-language skills, what could possibly go wrong?!
@puncturedlines.bsky.socialReposted by @yelenafurman.bsky.socialThank you @triohousepress.org for publishing Katrin's collection. It is now available for pre-order:
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Buy, read, and review!
@olgaz.bsky.socialReposted by @yelenafurman.bsky.socialAnd I also love the way this poem appears to be in conversation with the poem by Jane Muschenetz, "Yevgenia," that we published three years ago and that appeared in her collection ALL THE BAD GIRLS WEAR RUSSIAN ACCENTS.
@olgaz.bsky.socialReposted by @yelenafurman.bsky.socialIn her poems, Elina Katrin beautifully captures the multicultural immigrant experience. She begins with her name, showing the way her Russian and Syrian roots weave together in three syllables that to many in her adopted country continue to be inscrutable.
@puncturedlines.bsky.socialReposted by @yelenafurman.bsky.socialToday we are featuring poems from Elina Katrin’s collection Overwintered. Katrin is a Syrian-Russian immigrant poet who lives in Los Angeles. Her poems are characterized by themes of immigration, dislocation, and cultural hybridity, and a mixture of languages.
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Thank you @olgaz.bsky.social for the editing help.
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