Poets Katya Kuznetsova and yael merlini open the new series “Poets Reading Poets”, inviting audiences into an intimate encounter with female Yiddish poets. Through shared readings and conversation, they will explore voices such as Kadya Molodowsky, Deborah Vogel, Anna Margolin, and others.
The discussion will take place in English.
We are launching our new monthly series with a talk on the Yiddish poet and writer Kadya Molodowsky (1894–1975). Born in a shtetl in Belarus, she later moved to Warsaw and emigrated to the United States in 1935, where New York welcomed her as a grand dame of Yiddish poetry. Molodowsky’s body of work is truly impressive, spanning numerous poetry collections as well as short stories and novels.
Her poetry is remarkably versatile — ranging from deeply personal, emotional lyrics to poems addressing social injustice and the struggles of workers. In the workshop, we will read several poems from her debut collection Kheshvndike nekht (1927). We will focus on her relationship to religion, her views on womanhood, and the distinctive features of her poetic style.
The event is free. Please register here:
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