Ilya Kaminsky on Discovering Poetry as a Deaf Child in Ukraine

Ilya Kaminsky on Discovering Poetry as a Deaf Child in Ukraine

“The language of poetry speaks to all our senses... It can speak, privately, to all of us. It is visceral.”

By Ilya Kaminsky | August 20, 2025

Ilya Kaminsky on Ukrainian, Russian, and the Language of War

Ilya Kaminsky on Ukrainian, Russian, and the Language of War

“How can one speak about, write about, war?”

By Ilya Kaminsky | February 28, 2022

'We Lived Happily During the War' A Poem by Ilya Kaminsky

'We Lived Happily During the War' A Poem by Ilya Kaminsky

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By Ilya Kaminsky | March 5, 2019

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