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 government. He is the author of Deaf Republic (Graywolf Press) and Dancing In Odessa (Tupelo Press) and co-editor and co-translator of many other books.

This lecture date has been moved to Thursday, November 21 from 6:00–7:30 p.m. in Foster Auditorium, 102 Paterno Library. Event details are also located here.