New Project: Contemporary Ukrainian Literature in English Translation A Collection in Two Volumes

The Borderlines Foundation for Academic Studies is proud to announce an unprecedented two-volume collection of post-Soviet Ukrainian literature in English translation. The first volume showcases a finely curated selection of Ukrainian poetry, fiction, and essays, which were originally selected to be part of the Contemporary Ukrainian Literature Series sponsored by the Harriman Institute (Columbia University) and the Kennan Institute (the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars). These works are products of the freedom unleashed by the Soviet Union’s disintegration. At the same time, many of these texts explore Ukraine’s post-colonial condition and the Soviet shadow’s continuing impact on efforts to define the Ukrainian identity in the twenty-first century. The second volume brings together for the first time in any language a collection of Ukrainian poetry about the current war in the Donbas region of Ukraine. These poems explore the war from a variety of perspectives and voices—from the front, the home, the hospital; from women and men; from Russian and Ukrainian speakers. Maps, drawings, and newspaper clippings will help contextualize the poems and help represent one of the first literary mosaics of the current Ukraine-Russia war. Both volumes will feature scholarly introductions and annotations, aimed at enriching the reading experience for a non-specialist audience. An online version of the edition will be made free to the public, while hardcover and paperback print versions will be published by Academic Studies Press.