Join us for a reading and conversation with novelist Marina Cramer. Drawing from a deeply personal perspective, her books address the universal issues of refugee survival and the search for home. Her books have been described as “luminous,” “understated, precise and elegant,” and “intimate.” For anyone interested in 1950s Soviet-Ukraine history, World War II-inspired narrative, and issues of displacement, this gathering is for you.

Books will be available for purchase and signing. And, while the event is free, we ask you to RSVP here for planning purposes.

Marfa's River is a 300-page novel set in Brussels in 1956. Eleven years after a tragic wartime loss, Marfa, a minor character from her first book, Roads, is dealing with the aftermath on her life, her psyche, and her outlook for the future. Marfa's recollections of growing up in Ukraine, surviving the famine and the Nazi onslaught, form the backdrop for the fragile reality of dealing with her trauma.

About Marina

Marina Antropow Cramer is the child of post-WWII Russian refugees from the Soviet Union. Her work has appeared in Blackbird, Istanbul Literary Review, Wilderness House Literary Review, Bloom Literary Magazine, and the other side of hope literary journal. She has participated in the Hobart Festival of Women Writers (2022), where she served as a workshop instructor. She is the author of the novels Roads (Chicago Review Press), Anna Eva Mimi Adam (RunAmok Books), and Marfa’s River (Apprentice House Press), and lives in New York’s Hudson Valley.