Ilya Kaminsky reads published poems, as well as poems from his upcoming collection "Deaf Republic," as part of the Fall 2015 Barbara & David Zalaznick Reading Series. Kaminsky was born in the former Soviet Union city of Odessa and arrived to the United States in 1993, when his family was granted asylum by the American government. He is the author of "Dancing In Odessa" (Tupelo Press, 2004).