The debut English-language collection from a Ukrainian poet reflecting on her experiences of the invasion of her homeland.
One of Financial Times's Best Summer Poetry Books of 2024 The poems in Oksana Maksymchuk’s debut English-language collection meditate on the changing sense of reality, temporality, mortality, and intimacy in the face of a catastrophic event.
Oksana Maksymchuk's second collection constitutes a poetic study of the connection between war and eros. What forms does sex take during war? How do lovers and families endure and survive destruction? And how is ruination and renewal remembered and commemorated?