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Ilya Kaminsky — We Lived Happily during the War

Poetry Unbound

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Ilya kminski was born in odessa, in the former soviet union, now eukraine. His family sought asylum in the states in the 19 nineties. The book is an exploration about what happens in th city of senka when soldiers shoot a deaf boy. And the community decide to not listen as their ethical response. They coordinate their communication and subterfuge with each other through sign language.

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