Plowshares Collaborative News & Events

November 9, 2004 7:30 PM

Yevgeny Yevtushenko, People’s Poet of Russia

Indianapolis

Yevgeny Yevtushenko, People’s Poet of Russia

Yevgeny Yevtushenko dared to criticize Stalin-era brutality and won the respect of the people and political leaders alike. Join Yevtushenko for a reading of his poetry and a lecture that comments on both poetry writing, and on the political context of poetry. Through passionate poetry, Yevtushenko builds in us a sense of our worth as humans and creates within us a sense of belonging to the family of humanity. He describes himself as "the voice of the voiceless," giving expression to the Jews of the Holocaust and Russians living under oppression. At the Old Centrum Center, Indianapolis, 7:30 p.m.

Presented by Plowshares: A Peace Studies Collaborative of Earlham, Goshen, and Manchester Colleges and Indianapolis Peace House.
Questions? Call Peace House at 317-631-7322.