April is National Poetry Month. Come to 122 Business on Thursday, April 9 at 4 pm for a Celebration of Russian Poetry. Dean Rifkin, together with the instructors of Russian at TCNJ, Dr. Benjamin Jens and Ms. Colleen Lucey, will read short works by some of their favorite poets. You will hear the works in the original Russian and see translations, on the screen, in English, line by line. We’ll also provide brief commentary and interpretation to help you understand the cultural context and significance of each poem.
We will be reading short works by the following Russian poets:
| 19th Century | 20th Century |
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Aleksandr Pushkin Mikhail Lermontov Afanasy Fet Fedor Tiutchev Konstantin Bal’mont |
Aleksandr Blok
Marina Tsvetaeva Anna Akhmatova Boris Pasternak Joseph Brodsky |
Come and enjoy the sound of beautiful poetry (in Russian) while understanding it with the English translation an commentary.
Please check back at this website for more information as we update it.
We thank the Departments of English and World Languages and Cultures for their co-sponsorship of this special event.