Judy Hogan, a North Carolina writer and founding editor of Carolina Wren Press, is Project Director in North Carolina, and Mikhail Bazankov, writer, editor and President of the Kostroma Writers Organization, is Project Director in Kostroma. Sharon Ewing, an Alexandria, VA poet, served as Editor. Bazankov also plans events to celebrate Earth and Soul in the city and region of Kostroma. Hogan has been invited to attend these celebrations in late May. Selling books is very difficult in the current Russian economic situation, although Russians are avid readers of poetry. Inarguable truths come to mind.
Poetic vision can break down many barriers besides language.