Mary (Polly) Gannon
is Director of Cultural Studies at NYI. Her interests include translation theory, comparative literature and poetry, women's literature, and film studies. She teaches courses in Cultural Studies and Translation and specializes in literary translation. Her translation of
Podstrochnik (
Word for Word) by Lilianna Lungina, with Oleg Dorman, is forthcoming from Overlook Publishers. She holds a Ph.D. in Russian Literature from Cornell University.
