Among the Sirens. New Poems of War
Book Compiler: Ostap Slyvynsky
Co-authors: Kateryna Kalytko, Halyna Kruk, Serhii Zhadan, Kateryna Mikhalitsyna, Pavlo Korobchuck, Marianna Savka, Iryna Shuvalova, Olena Huseinova, Vasyl Makhno, Yuliia Musakovska, Olena Stepanenko, Ivan Andrusiak, Iya Kiva, Oles Ilchenko, Kateryna Babkina, Viktoriia Amelina, Iryna Tsilyk, Lyuba Yakimchuk, Ostap Slyvynsky, Haska Shyyan, Anatolii Dnistrovyi, Nataliia Belchenko, Borys Humeniuk, Dmytro Lazutkin, Tetyana Vlasova, Oksana Lutsyshyna, Iryna Vikyrtschak, Pavlo Vyshebaba, Oleh Kotsarev, Iryna Starovoyt, Svitlana Povaliaieva, Bohdana Matiash, Oksana Kutsenko, Lesʹ Beleĭ, Oleksandr Averbukh, Maryna Ponomarenko, Olena Pavlova, Yaryna Chornonuz, Anna Malihon, Ella Evtushenko, Lesyk Panasiuk, Bohdan-Oleh Horobchuk, Viktoriia Cherniakhivska, Myroslav Laiuk, Yuliia Stakhivska, Ihor Mitrov, Olha Povoroznyk, Daryna Hladun, Vyacheslav Levytsky, Maksym Kryvtsov, Olesya Mamchych, Kateryna Yegorushkina, Anna Hruver, Rostyslav Kuzyk, Sofiia Lenartovych, Dariia Suzdalova, Viktoriia Feshuck, Artur Dron’.
Book Cover Design: Dariia Filipova
Publishing House: Vivat
Year: 2023
Number of Pages: 496
The poetic anthology "Between the Sirens" is evidence of the great war that was supposed to destroy us and nullify Ukrainian culture. But despite everything, we persevered, and our poetry sounds extremely powerful and sincere, with Jericho's trumpets it destroys the walls with which souls are fenced off, it reaches hearts. Open the sick Sensitive Hearts that learn to live on among the sirens.
As long as Russia's war against Ukraine continues, this anthology cannot be considered complete - new war poems are written in the Armed Forces between deployments on combat missions, on the way with humanitarian missions, in Ukraine and outside of it. Having absorbed the voices of 59 modern Ukrainian poets and poets, this collection shows what we become in the crucible of trials: strong, vulnerable, invincible.
"As a document, as a testimony, as a poetic chronicle of the great war, this collection must be diverse, contrasting, a little uneven. Our time speaks with these poems."
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