Vladimir Zhbankov
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Vladimir Zhbankov
Kyiv, Ukraine

Vladimir Zhbankov was born in Moscow in 1985 and has lived in Kyiv since 2015. He is the author of two collections of poems: “The Third Alphabet” and “Matchka” (Laurus, Kyiv, 2019, 2022). His texts have been published in  Russian literary magazines, such as Prologue, Znamya, SHO, Interpoetry, Polutona, and others. In early spring 2022, he refused to be evacuated. After the Russian invasion, he worked as a volunteer in the defense of Kyiv, and later, as a coordinator of the project specializing in search and assistance to Ukrainian prisoners of war (Poshuk.Polon).

 

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Gritsman
by Andrey Gritsman

“A book should serve as the ax for the frozen sea within us.” (Kafka)

A new collection of poems by Andrey Gritsman. In English.

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by Wayne Pernu

The new poetry collection from Wayne Pernu, one of the finest poets writing in English today. This is one of those rare collections that calls to mind the great masters—Donne, Keats, Yeats.

11. Iossel book
by Mikhail Iossel

Comedy and tragedy collide in stories of family life in Soviet Russia and the complexities of the immigrant experience

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by Boris Khersonsky, Ludmila Khersonsky

Boris Khersonsky and Ludmila Khersonsky write poetry that speaks to the crisis of our time, when refugees run from bombardments, and nonstop propaganda flows from TV. The setting is Ukraine at the start of the twenty-first century, but it is eerily recognizable anywhere.

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