Elina Katrin
Overwintered
Overwintered is a debut collection of poetry that examines the space between Syrian, Russian, and American cultures. Navigating immigration, the book moves through the fractured landscapes of memory and inheritance, asking how we endure the long winters of displacement and what it means to emerge from them anew.
What makes this book inimitable is how it considers inheritance, not just of grief but also humor, food, romance, and moments of wonder. All of which is to say: while we might all be overwintered by the end of our stay on this planet—only some can make poetry out of it. Elina Katrin has written a terrific book.
—Ilya Kaminsky, author of Deaf Republic and Dancing in Odessa
Braiding in and out of forms just as deftly as through languages, I am truly mesmerized by Overwintered. Elina Katrin is simply one of the most exciting rising poets, and one of the most caring and brilliant practitioners of multilingual poetics, alive today.
—George Abraham, author of When the Arab Apocalypse Comes to America
These poems of intellect and heart explore displacement in many forms, investigating both the seduction and the impossibility of belonging.
—Natalie Shapero, author of Stay Dead
Katrin’s strange and astounding poetry absolutely makes room for us to feel in language.
—Paige Lewis, author of Canon and Space Struck
This is poetry of constant flow and transformation.
—Irina Mashinski, author of The Naked World:
A Tale with Verse
About me
Hi! My name’s Elina, and some people like to call me Lina.
Here, you can learn more about what I do. A few things I like: morning dew, dog yawns, the smell of St. Petersburg’s metro, community & diaspora, childhood photographs, knafeh, my mother’s elbows. It’s really nice to meet you.
Go to portfolio if you want to explore the projects I worked on in my marketing, communications, and development roles. During my career, I’ve written scripts and copy for multi-channel advertising campaigns and websites, designed UX/UI components, run social media accounts, built emails and e-newsletters, and worn plenty of other creative hats within corporate, agency, higher education, and nonprofit organizations. I give my all to any project I work on, any team I am a part of.
As you might have deduced, I’m quite passionate about writing and storytelling. I invite you to peruse my published work and, if you like what you read, to consider purchasing one of my books. Thank you, and, perhaps, talk soon?
Author bio: Elina Katrin is a Syrian-Russian immigrant writer. She’s the author of Overwintered (Trio House Press, 2027) and a poetry chapbook If My House Has a Voice (Newfound, 2023). Her work has appeared in Electric Literature, Prairie Schooner, Apogee, Poet Lore, and elsewhere. A recipient of scholarships and fellowships from Lambda Literary, Vermont Studio Center, and Periplus, she works and organizes with Mizna as an assistant editor. She holds an MFA in Creative Writing from Hollins University and currently lives in Los Angeles with a dream and her cardigan.