Natalia Zvereva

Natalia Zvereva came to New York City in 1992 as a refugee from the Soviet Union. She was raised in Queens and learned to speak English and Spanish by analyzing poems by Dorothy Parker, Langston Hughes, Pablo Neruda and Federico Garcia Llorca. A professional actress for over a decade, she appears in the new season of Orange is the New Black.

“Frankenstein, I love you”, “For Shilpa” and “Ash Wednesday”

Reading Zvereva’s poetry is like entering a lush garden of words that find meaning in their juxtaposition, and the senses dominate while reason takes a back seat, if only for a little while. Feeling pulls you toward the understanding and not knowing.
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