Within, Without

Ilya Kaminsky

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Seagull Books London Ltd
11 April 2026
ISBN: 9781803096049
Paperback
80 pages

From the publisher

Brings together two intimate, reflective essays by two acclaimed poets, Ilya Kaminsky and Piotr Florczyck, as they revisit their hometowns of Odesa and Krakow, exploring the complexities of return, memory, and identity.

Within, Without: On Two Cities presents two essays by Eastern European-born poets and translators, Ilya Kaminsky and Piotr Florczyk, now based in the United States. Revisiting their respective hometowns-Odesa and Krakow-they grapple with questions of history, identity, and belonging. What does it mean for an immigrant or refugee to return? Can one ever truly go back to a homeland that has since been transformed? Kaminsky and Florczyk chart a path forward by embracing the complexities of their transnational and translingual identities, as artists and as human beings.