{"id":47,"date":"2008-10-27T14:29:41","date_gmt":"2008-10-27T18:29:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/russian\/?p=47"},"modified":"2013-11-12T09:02:07","modified_gmt":"2013-11-12T14:02:07","slug":"alexei-tsvetkov-at-dickinson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/russian\/2008\/10\/27\/alexei-tsvetkov-at-dickinson\/","title":{"rendered":"Alexei Tsvetkov at Dickinson"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left\">Russian poet and essayist Alexei Tsvetkov visited Dickinson College as a guest poet for Semana Poetica VII. During his poetry readings,\u00a0 Alexei presented poems from his recent book &#8220;Imena Liubvi&#8221; (Names of Love), 2007. Watch the episode from the closing readings:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=aEAr7lrVX2U&amp;feature=player_embedded\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=aEAr7lrVX2U&amp;feature=player_embedded<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;line-height: 1.714285714\">Currently living in New York City, Alexei Tsvetkov came to Dickinson not only to present his poetry but also to visit his former place of work \u2013 he taught Russian Literature at the Russian Department in the 1980&#8217;s. \u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n\n\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 33%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-47 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/russian\/files\/2013\/09\/DSC6022.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/russian\/files\/2013\/09\/DSC6022-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"DSC\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/russian\/files\/2013\/09\/DSC_00412.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/russian\/files\/2013\/09\/DSC_00412-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"DSC\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/russian\/files\/2013\/09\/DSC6979.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/russian\/files\/2013\/09\/DSC6979-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"nul\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">Alexei,\u00a0well known as an essayist, dedicated one of his essays to his visit, where he reflects on his experiences at Dickinson College:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.inliberty.ru\/blog\/transatlantic\/379\/\" target=\"_blank\">&#8220;All the days of stay in Carlisle I was trying to impose this on the past, even sought out, though with difficulty, the house where once lived with an American wife and a charity dog, mongrel, Sharik. 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