Raisa Reznik
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Raisa Reznik
San Jose, CA

Raisa Reznik was born in Odessa (1948). A poet and editor of Svyaz vremyon (Связь времен), an annual almanac of Russian poetry, Raisa graduated from the Vinnitsa Pedagogical Institute and taught English in schools in Ukraine and Moldova. She emigrated to the US in 1994. Her poetry books include Na kraiu (1997, a bilingual edition), O glavnom i vechnom (1997), and A Point of Support (1999). Her poetry was published in many Russian literary magazines such as Ural, Vstrechi, Poberezh’e, Den’ poezii, etc.

Bookshelf
100 pms war
by Julia Nemirovskaya, editor

This excellent anthology, compiled and edited by Julia Nemirovskaya, showcases poems by Russian (and Russian-speaking) poets who express their absolute rejection of Russia’s war against Ukraine.

DesyatyjKrug
by David Gay

The documentary novel “The Tenth Circle” tells the story of the life, struggle, and destruction of the Minsk ghetto, one of the largest in the Soviet Union and Europe during World War II. (Russian edition)

1. Dislocation
by Julia Nemirovskaya and Anna Krushelnitskaya, editors

This collection focuses on the war between Russia and Ukraine as seen by Russophone poets from all over the world.

Videos
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EastWest Literary Forum Bilingual Poetry & Prose Reading. July 13, 2025.
Length: 2 hrs. 08 min