Poetry Reading

[Cynthia Simmons]

                       PRESS RELEASE



The Department of Slavic and Eastern Languages at Boston College will be
hosting the Spring 1998 Michael Kreps Memorial Poetry Reading.  Five
contemporary Russian poets will read and introduce their new
collections.  The participants include: Alexander Aleynik, Igor'
Mikhalevich-Kaplan, Katya Kapovich, Marina Temkina, and Maxim D.
Shrayer.  The reading will take place on Saturday, April 4th, at 6 pm in
Gasson Hall 305 on the Boston College campus.  The event is free and
open to the public.  For more information, please call (617) 552-3910.




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Cynthia Simmons
simmonsc at bc.edu
Boston College