Sky Chart

"The wind is pecking at time. Here is the muck of timeless language." Gena Gruz's bilingual poetry book "Sky Chart/Карта небa” is a love story where Sappho meets Zabolotsky. Originally written in Russian, the book was translated into English by Aaron Poochigian and Anton Yakovlev.

Gena Gruz is a Ukrainian-born poet and artist with a PhD in Molecular Biology from NYU. She moved from the former Soviet Union to the USA in her early teens. She is the author of two poetry books: Earthly Entities (2019) and Radiant Solitude (2018) both from Liberty Publishing House. She leads the Lit Party & Open Mic reading series in New York City.