Within, Without
On Two Cities
Will be published approx. on 8. March 2026
Book
Paperback/Softback
80 pages
978-1-80309-604-9 (ISBN)
Description
Brings together two intimate, reflective essays by two acclaimed poets, Ilya Kaminsky and Piotr Florczyck, as they revisit their hometowns of Odesa and Krakow, exploring the complexities of return, memory, and identity.
Within, Without: On Two Cities presents two essays by Eastern European-born poets and translators, Ilya Kaminsky and Piotr Florczyk, now based in the United States. Revisiting their respective hometowns-Odesa and Krakow-they grapple with questions of history, identity, and belonging. What does it mean for an immigrant or refugee to return? Can one ever truly go back to a homeland that has since been transformed? Kaminsky and Florczyk chart a path forward by embracing the complexities of their transnational and translingual identities, as artists and as human beings.
Within, Without: On Two Cities presents two essays by Eastern European-born poets and translators, Ilya Kaminsky and Piotr Florczyk, now based in the United States. Revisiting their respective hometowns-Odesa and Krakow-they grapple with questions of history, identity, and belonging. What does it mean for an immigrant or refugee to return? Can one ever truly go back to a homeland that has since been transformed? Kaminsky and Florczyk chart a path forward by embracing the complexities of their transnational and translingual identities, as artists and as human beings.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Greenford
United Kingdom
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 203 mm
Width: 127 mm
Weight
454 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-80309-604-9 (9781803096049)
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Persons
Ilya Kaminsky is a poet, essayist, and translator who is the author of Deaf Republic and Dancing in Odessa, among other books. He is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and teaches at Princeton University. Piotr Florczyk is a poet, essayist, translator, and critic working in English and in Polish. He teaches global literary studies at the University of Washington, Seattle, and lives with his family in Los Angeles.
Content
1. 'Silent City' by Ilya Kaminsky
2. 'There There' by Piotr Florczyk
2. 'There There' by Piotr Florczyk