Wilhelm Kotarbinski, Grave of a Suicide Victim, c. 1900. Public domain.
A Ukrainian Century: Part One of Eight
A poem by Ahatanhel Krymsky, translated from the Ukrainian by Alex Averbuch
Arkhip Kuindzhi, Dnieper in the Morning, 1881. Public domain.
Our dreams gave off scents of sheepskin and milk
A poem by Irina Yevsa, translated from the Russian by Jamie Olson
Miranda Holmes, Insistent Rib, 2022.
your power grows and the number of lives decreases
Two poems by Katrina Haddad, translated from Ukrainian by Roman Turovsky
Matthew Krishanu, Two Boys on a Boat, 2019. Courtesy of Huddersfield Art Gallery.
Look at us, Eternity
A poem by Dmitry Blizniuk, translated from Russian by Sergey Gersimov
Marc Chagall, Les Amants au ciel rouge (Lovers in the Red Sky), 1950. Courtesy of SFMOMA collection.
where there are prophecies
A poem by Artur Dron, translated from Ukrainian by Hanna Leliv
Mauro Agustin Cruz, Prudence, 2021, courtesy of the artist.
this place gets a lot of crossfire
Three poems by Maria Galina, translated by Ainsley Morse and Anna Halberstadt
Henri Le Fauconnier, Le Chaucer (The Huntsman), 1911, Musée des Beaux-Arts de Brest.
If you’re spared come evening, go dance
Three poems by Yuri Smirnov, translated by Shashi Martynova
Cornelius Norbertus Gijsbrechts, Trompe L'oeil of Two Dead Birds Hanging on a Wall, ca. 1672
In forty years I won’t talk in my dreams
A poem by Serhiy Zhadan, translated by John Hennessy and Ostap Kin.
Kharkiv, Ukraine: 1 March 2022. View of the ruined city center of Kharkiv.
Bombs Over Kharkiv
“Notes from a Kharkivite” by Andrei Krasniashikh, translated by Tanya Paperny.
A City on a Rock, style of Goya, 19th century.
who came to power in our cities?
A poem by Serhiy Zhadan, translated from Ukrainian by Valzhyna Mort.