Dancing in Odessa by Ilya Kaminsky Groundswell Speaker 2024 we rarely have the knowledge

we rarely have the knowledge to fully engage with what we see

PaperbackPublication: 17 Feb 2022

If they cannot unravel the mystery of what brought them together before it's too late

for he is part of a secret group of children who are able to communicate with each other by transferring thought-shapes into each other's minds

Tropes: Friends-to-lovers 💝Bakery romance 💝Small town 🍂Low spice

Dancing in Odessa by Ilya Kaminsky Groundswell Speaker 2024 we rarely have the knowledgeDescribed as 'a rich, reverberative dance with memories of a haunted city' (LA Times), the poems of the prize winning debut Dancing in Odessa by Ilya Kaminsky, author of Deaf Republic, draw on archetype, myth and Russian literary figures. Tightly realised domestic settings are invigorated with a contemporary relevance, humour and torment, and a distinctive, transcendent music. 'With his magical style in English, Kaminsky's poems in Dancing in Odessa