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URL:https://uccn.org/event/in-the-hour-of-war-poetry-from-ukraine/
SUMMARY:In the Hour of War—Poetry from Ukraine
DESCRIPTION:Join the Transnational Literature Series at Brookline Booksmith
  for an in-store event with a showcase of poets\, translators\, and artist
 s from four new books that consider what it means to be Ukrainian during u
 nthinkable times.\n\nUkraine may be the only country on earth that owes it
 s existence\, at least in part\, to a poet. Ever since the appearance of T
 aras Shevchenko’s Kobzar in 1840\, poetry has played an outsized role in
  Ukrainian culture. In the Hour of War: Poetry from Ukraine begins: "Lette
 rs of the alphabet go to war" and ends with "I am writing/ and all my peop
 le are writing\,” note the editors Carolyn Forché and Ilya Kaminsky. 
 “It includes poets whose work is known to thousands of people\, who are 
 translated into dozens of languages\, as well as those who are relatively 
 unknown in the West.”\n\nThese poems offer a startling look at the way l
 anguage both affects and reflects the realities of war and extremity. The 
 volume is sure to become the classic text marking not only one of the dark
 est periods in Ukrainian history\, but also a significant moment in the un
 iversal struggle for democracy and human rights.\n\n“In the morning\, ro
 ckets outside the windows/ instead of birds\,’ writes Lyudmyla Khersonsk
 a in Today is a Different War\, her striking portrayal of life from inside
  war-torn Ukraine. Her images will sear themselves in your memory: “Buri
 ed in a human neck\, a bullet looks like an eye\, sewn in....” The voice
 s assembled here veer from the frightened and disoriented: “I don’t kn
 ow how to live now./ where\, in what direction\, for example/ you and I do
 n’t have a bomb shelter\, not even a basement\,” to the combustible an
 d combative: “Russian invader..../ Fear female revenge and female conspi
 racy\,/ Fear Ukrainian girls\, Molotov cocktails in hand....”\n\nProceed
 s from Hanna Melnyczuk's book will go towards Humanitarian efforts in Ukri
 ane. Don’t Close Your Eyes: The War Drawings https://www.arrowsmithpress
 .com/books#/hanna-melnyczuk/\n\nEvent page
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LOCATION:Brookline Booksmith\, 279 Harvard St\, Brookline\, MA\, 02446-2908
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