Joseph Brodsky in the Archive

• Friday, September 19
• 12:00 PM
• Beinecke Library, Room 37-38
• 121 Wall Street
• MAP
• FREE & OPEN TO THE PUBLIC

Gain a unique perspective on the life and work of Nobel laureate Joseph Brodsky through an intimate exploration of his archive at the Beinecke Library. This special conversation will feature 2025 Windham-Campbell Prize recipient Sigrid Nunez, who knew Brodsky in the mid-1970s, when he began writing for the New York Review of Books, where she was working at the time. Nunez will join Kevin Repp, Curator of Modern European Books and Manuscripts at the Beinecke, to discuss the materials and illuminate aspects of the acclaimed poet’s life, offering insights only possible through personal connection and archival discovery.

Kevin Repp received his PhD in History and Humanities from Stanford University and taught European intellectual history at Yale for many years before assuming his current position as Curator of Modern European Books & Manuscripts at the Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library. He has since dedicated his career to building Beinecke’s collections of postwar avant-garde and protest culture, a topic on which he has written widely and curated numerous exhibitions, including most recently, Art, Protest, and the Archives. Sessions of his webinar series Art & Protest featuring contemporary artists and activists from around the world can be viewed on Beinecke’s YouTube channel.