Marina Temkina

Marina Temkina is a poet-artist whose multi-genre work embodies her immigrant experiences. Her books include the poetry collection What Do You Want? (UDP), the artists book Who Is I? (Content), two books in collaboration with artist Michel Gerard, four books of poetry in Russian, and a forthcoming volume of her collected Russian poems (NLO). Temkina has received grants from the National Endowment for the Arts and the Memorial Foundation for Jewish Culture among others. In her work as a psychotherapist, she specializes in refugee resettlement, cultural differences, and gender and identity.