RACC LITERARY SERIES

Samuel Menashe and Ilya Bernstein

Poetry Reading

Tuesday, March 22, 2011, 7:00 PM 

Russian Bookstore No.21, 174-176 Fifth Avenue (23&22 Str), Manhattan

Samuel Menashe's most recent collections of poems are New and Selected Poems (Library of America, 2005) and an expanded edition of the same book, New and Selected Poems (Bloodaxe Books, 2008). He was born in New York City to Russian-Jewish immigrants and lives in New York City to this day. A recent appraisal of Menashe's work may be found here: 

http://www.poetryfoundation.org/journal/article.html?id=239970

"Enlightenment"

He walked in awe
In awe of light
At nightfall, not at dawn
Whatever he saw
Receding from sight
In the sky's afterglow
Was what he wanted
To see, to know

***

Ilya Bernstein is the author of one collection of poems, Attention and Man, and the editor of Osip Mandelstam: New Translations (both published by Ugly Duckling Presse). He was born in Moscow, came to the United States as a child, and lives in New York City.

Some fall in love, while others fall in with love

And become its companions on a road

That has no destination.

What kind of company do they keep?

They keep the company of love 

In a fellowship of wayfarers. They follow love 

In sufferance of the consequences of love.

They tell themselves: "My heart 

Has done an unheard-of thing:

It has gone ahead and fallen in with love.

My heart has done an undreamt-of thing:

It has lost its way and fallen in with love."

We hope that you will be inspired and moved to support our work with a tax-deductible contribution to RACC - the only Russian American Cultural Center that nourishes cultural life in New York! Your gift will make a difference to our community and us!

The Russian American Cultural Center, 520 East 76 Street # 7E New York, NY 10021

646-831-0554, russculture@aol.com; http://www.russianamericanculture.com/

RACC’s events are made possible in part with public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts, a state agency, New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, in partnership with the city Council, and COJECO.

RACC LITERARY SERIES

Samuel Menashe and Ilya Bernstein

Poetry Reading

Tuesday, March 22, 2011, 7:00 PM 

Russian Bookstore No.21, 174-176 Fifth Avenue (23&22 Str), Manhattan

Samuel Menashe's most recent collections of poems are New and Selected Poems (Library of America, 2005) and an expanded edition of the same book, New and Selected Poems (Bloodaxe Books, 2008). He was born in New York City to Russian-Jewish immigrants and lives in New York City to this day. A recent appraisal of Menashe's work may be found here: 

http://www.poetryfoundation.org/journal/article.html?id=239970

"Enlightenment"

He walked in awe
In awe of light
At nightfall, not at dawn
Whatever he saw
Receding from sight
In the sky's afterglow
Was what he wanted
To see, to know

***

Ilya Bernstein is the author of one collection of poems, Attention and Man, and the editor of Osip Mandelstam: New Translations (both published by Ugly Duckling Presse). He was born in Moscow, came to the United States as a child, and lives in New York City.

Some fall in love, while others fall in with love

And become its companions on a road

That has no destination.

What kind of company do they keep?

They keep the company of love 

In a fellowship of wayfarers. They follow love 

In sufferance of the consequences of love.

They tell themselves: "My heart 

Has done an unheard-of thing:

It has gone ahead and fallen in with love.

My heart has done an undreamt-of thing:

It has lost its way and fallen in with love."

We hope that you will be inspired and moved to support our work with a tax-deductible contribution to RACC - the only Russian American Cultural Center that nourishes cultural life in New York! Your gift will make a difference to our community and us!

The Russian American Cultural Center, 520 East 76 Street # 7E New York, NY 10021

646-831-0554, russculture@aol.com; www.russianamericanculture.com

RACC’s events are made possible in part with public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts, a state agency, New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, in partnership with the city Council, and COJECO.