BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.4.11//EN TZID:America/New_York X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/New_York BEGIN:VEVENT UID:277@razomforukraine.org DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York;VALUE=DATE:20261026 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York;VALUE=DATE:20261107 DTSTAMP:20261024T142220Z URL:https://www.razomforukraine.org/events/lesyk-panasiuk-u-s-tour-letters -of-the-alphabet-go-to-war/ SUMMARY:Lesyk Panasiuk U.S. Tour: Letters of the Alphabet Go to War DESCRIPTION:\n\nRazom Literature is looking forward to Lesyk Panasiuk’s U .S. Book Tour\, organized and supported by Razom for Ukraine and the Verso polis USA Mobility Program. Panasiuk is a Ukrainian author of seven poetry collections\, translator\, and service member of the Armed Forces of Ukra ine. Katie Farris and Ilya Kaminsky co-translate his debut poetry collecti on in English\, Letters of the Alphabet Go to War (Sarabande Books\, 2026) . His works have also been published in dozens of other languages. He has translated and co-translated 6 poetry collections\, 3 literary anthologies \, and 1 libretto\, including Ukrainian translations of poetry collections by Valzhyna Mort and Ilya Kaminsky.\n\nPanasiuk’s U.S. tour will make s tops at the University of Michigan (October 26\, 2026)\, New York City (Oc tober 28 and November 1\, 2026)\, Yale University (October 30\, 2026)\, Co lgate University (November 3\, 2026)\, Cornell University (November 5\, 20 26)\, and Princeton University (November 6\, 2026). His work weaves togeth er both personal and historical themes to trace war’s impact on language and expression.\n\n \;\n\n📍  University of Michigan\nWhen: Octobe r 26\, 4:30–5:30 p.m\nWhere: University of Michigan\, Ann Arbor.\n\n📍 NYC\nPoet as Witness: Ukrainian Poets in Defense of Their Country with Ya ryna Chornohuz\nWhen: October 28\, 7:00 pm\nWhere: Poets House [Elizabeth Kray Hall\, 10 River Terrace]\n\nUkrainian Poetry Outburst with Eugene Hut z and Yaryna Chornohuz\nWhen: November 1\, 2:00 pm\nWhere: Ukrainian Natio nal Home [140 2nd Avenue]\n\n📍 Yale University\nLanguage Is Wounded: Po etry\, Memory\, and Being Human in Wartime Ukraine\nWhen: October 30\, 4:3 0 p.m\nWhere: Yale University [New Haven\, CT]\n\n📍 Colgate University\ nReading and Conversation\nWhen: November 3\, 4:15–5:45 p.m.\nWhere: Col gate University [Hamilton\, NY]\n\n📍 Cornell University\nReading with D unya Mikhail\nWhen: November 5\, 2 p.m\nWhere: Cornell University [Ithaca\ , NY]\n\n📍 Princeton University\nVisit to Prof. Ilya Kaminsky’s Class @ Princeton\nWhen: November 6\, 7:30 p.m\nWhere: Princeton University [Pr inceton\, NJ]\n\n ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.razomforukraine.org/wp-content/uploa ds/2026/10/Lesyk-Panasiuk-blog-header-1920×1000@1x.png CATEGORIES:Books END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York X-LIC-LOCATION:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20260308T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20261101T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR