World Literature: Olena Boryshpolets “Orpheus and Eurydice in New York” (Ukraine)

In this special reading and musical performance, City of Asylum writer-in-residence Olena Boryshpolets shares her latest release, a poetry collection titled Orpheus and Eurydice in New York (translated by Oleksandr Frazé-Frazénko). Joining Olena are her fellow City of Asylum writers in residence. These collaborations include a reading from Olena while Oleksandr accompanies her on piano, residents Anouar Rahmani, Volodymyr Rafeyenko, and Rania Mamoun reading from Orpheus and Eurydice, and a vocal/piano reinterpretation of one of Olena’s poems from Oleksandr and his wife Mari Frazé-Frazénko. The collection covers a vast landscape, from the Ukrainian steppe and across the Black Sea to...