Writers Respond to the War in Ukraine

February 2022–April 2023

The poems and stories below were published in WWB between February 2022 and April 2023. While some engage with Russia’s invasion of Ukraine directly, others approach the subject obliquely.

Photo by Niels Weiss on Unsplash

vesper

By Iryna Shuvalova

do you see—the trees have gathered at the gates in the twilight

Translated from Ukrainian by Uilleam Blacker

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Photo by Levi Kyiv on Unsplash

a moving grove

By Iryna Shuvalova

go escape while you can go escape

Translated from Ukrainian by Uilleam Blacker

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A black and white image of a hairbrush with an engraved handle

Photo by Michèle C., licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 2.0

The Making of Tenderness

By Lyuba Yakimchuk

and where do they make this tenderness / as the war rages on around them?

Translated from Ukrainian by Oksana Maksymchuk

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A black-and-white image of battered market kiosks

Conservation

By Kseniya Fuchs

I knew I was born here and I would die here.

Translated from Ukrainian by Ali Kinsella

There’s No Getting Out

By Olga Bragina

we won't recognize this city anymore

Translated from Russian by Elina Alter

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