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ALT Background: Blue with a black X in the lower right corner Foreground: Words in yellow read : Resistance + Reinvention Words in black read : Eastern European Voices Words in white read: March 6, 7:00-9:30 pm Library Nineteen 606 S. Ann St, Baltimore MD, 21231
ALT Background: Yellow Foreground: Words in black read: This one-of-a-kind reading brings together writers from Eastern Europe and the post-Soviet countries who now make their homes across the United States. Taking place during the 2026 AWP Conference, the event celebrates a growing circle of poets, prose writers, and translators from complex, cross-cultural identities whose work is shaped by displacement and immigration, survival and resilience.
ALT Background: Black Foreground: Words in white read: More essential than ever, nuanced storytelling is our compass toward understanding and community. Writing from and beyond histories marked by authoritarianism and censorship, the authors center free expression, creative freedom, and democratic dialogue. Through stories of reinvention, loss, and belonging, we build cultural and intergenerational bridges, reclaiming the power of connection and voice. Words in yellow read: This event is a fundraiser for Ukraine
ALT Background: Blue Foreground: Word in yellow reads: Featuring Words in white read: Valerie Bandura, Svetlana Binshtok, Daniel Blokh, Katie Farris, Katarzyna Jakubiak, Victoria Juharyan, Andrea Jurjevic, Ilya Kaminsky, Julia Kolchinsky, Maria Kuznetsova, Ellen Litman, Olga Livshin, olga mikolaivna, Asya Partan, Irina Reyn, Ena Selimović, Lucy Silbaugh, Alina Sivorinovsky Wickham, Lana Spendl, Alina Stefanescu, Natalya Sukhonos, Vlada Teper, Katherine E. Young, Tatsiana Zamirovskaya, Olga Zilberbourg, and Lena Zycinsky.
ALT Background: Blue with a black X in the lower right corner Foreground: Words in yellow read : Resistance + Reinvention Words in black read : Eastern European Voices Words in white read: March 6, 7:00-9:30 pm Library Nineteen 606 S. Ann St, Baltimore MD, 21231
ALT Background: Yellow Foreground: Words in black read: This one-of-a-kind reading brings together writers from Eastern Europe and the post-Soviet countries who now make their homes across the United States. Taking place during the 2026 AWP Conference, the event celebrates a growing circle of poets, prose writers, and translators from complex, cross-cultural identities whose work is shaped by displacement and immigration, survival and resilience.
ALT Background: Black Foreground: Words in white read: More essential than ever, nuanced storytelling is our compass toward understanding and community. Writing from and beyond histories marked by authoritarianism and censorship, the authors center free expression, creative freedom, and democratic dialogue. Through stories of reinvention, loss, and belonging, we build cultural and intergenerational bridges, reclaiming the power of connection and voice. Words in yellow read: This event is a fundraiser for Ukraine
ALT Background: Blue Foreground: Word in yellow reads: Featuring Words in white read: Valerie Bandura, Svetlana Binshtok, Daniel Blokh, Katie Farris, Katarzyna Jakubiak, Victoria Juharyan, Andrea Jurjevic, Ilya Kaminsky, Julia Kolchinsky, Maria Kuznetsova, Ellen Litman, Olga Livshin, olga mikolaivna, Asya Partan, Irina Reyn, Ena Selimović, Lucy Silbaugh, Alina Sivorinovsky Wickham, Lana Spendl, Alina Stefanescu, Natalya Sukhonos, Vlada Teper, Katherine E. Young, Tatsiana Zamirovskaya, Olga Zilberbourg, and Lena Zycinsky.
ALT Background: Muted colors of the Ukrainian flag, blue on top, yellow on the bottom, with the photograph of a child's face displayed twice, one in each color. Foreground: Event Description Friday, March 28th 6pm-8:30pm BORN IN THE USSR: Diaspora Writers Against War Readings By: Katya Apekina, Yelena Furman, Kristina Gorcheva-Newberry, Julia Kolchinsky, Arina Kole, Maria Kuznetsova, Olga Livshin, Ruth Madievsky, Ainsley Morse, Luisa Muradyan, Jane Muschenetz, Asya Partan, Irina Reyn, Diana Ruzova, Timmy Straw, Vlada Teper, Sasha Vasilyuk, and Olga Zilberbourg Below, in white font over black background: Glorya Kaufman Community Center at the Wende Museum, 10808 Culver Blvd, Culver City Below, logos of Wende Museum, Village Well Books and Coffee, Easy Busy Meals -- Ukranian Food Truck
