POPULAR RUSSIAN POET VISITS GREENSBORO; THE GLENWOOD BRANCH OF THE GREENSBORO PUBLIC LIBRARY IS CENTRAL TO THE LIFE OF A LOCAL RUSSIAN IMMIGRANT WHO HELPED BRING A RENOWNED POET TO THE AREA.(GENERAL NEWS) From: The News & Record (Piedmont Triad, NC) | Date: April 13, 1999| Author: Wayne, Alex | COPYRIGHT 1999 News & Record. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

Byline: ALEX WAYNE Staff Writer

GREENSBORO -- As the music plays over a portable stereo, Revmir Vasin sits quietly and listens. It is a song he wanted to play for one of his heroes, who sits across the room at the Glenwood branch of the Greensboro public library and also listens.

But Yevgeny Yevtushenko, one of Russia's best-known writers, can't just sit and listen for long. Because behind this song, like much of Yevtushenko's work, is a story.

The...