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Ukraine’s authors should have been able to dedicate their lives to honing their craft. Instead, many of them have stepped up to contribute to the war effort and fight back against Russian aggression. Like any other member of society, Ukrainian authors have lost loved ones and colleagues to Russia’s war, with the understanding that they could be next.
Less than a month into the full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Russian shelling destroyed a popular bookstore on Kharkiv’s main street. Ukrainian writer and Kharkiv local Serhiy Zhadan uploaded a photo of the bookstore’s ruins onto social media on March 15 and asked, “Does anyone still want to talk about Dostoevsky?” His question was in reference to those who have tried to counteract the crimes of Russian aggression with the proclamation that Russian culture is “not at fault.” While Russian forces failed to capture the city, Kharkiv remains under constan...
A selection of recently published books.
Zhadan is nominally a poet, but that characterization understates his stature in Ukraine, which Western media often likens to that of a rock star.
Yale University Press' publication of Serhiy Zhadan's book is translated by Reilly Costigan-Humes and Isaac Stackhouse Wheeler.