supported by the Joseph Brodsky Fellowship Fund Lyudmyla Khersonska is the author of four poetry books. A Russophone poet, she has spoken about Russia’s war in Ukraine and read her poetry about the war many times. Her poems have been translated into Ukrainian,...
supported by the Joseph Brodsky Fellowship Fund NEWS 11/07/2023: “In the Hours of War: Poetry from Ukraine” Reading Featuring Civitelllians 02/27/2023: In the Hour of War: Poetry from Ukraine 11/12/2022: Marie Howe, Borys, and Lyudmyla Khersonsky on “For...
I arrived on a Monday with a clear and detailed plan. We travelled to Assisi on Tuesday and by Wednesday I had already betrayed that plan. I chose, instead, to let the extraordinary saints and demons that populate the region’s churches in frescos and ex votos dictate...
On Italian time, the work of the imagination feels slower and more contemplative. My mind became chameleon-like in the best possible way at Civitella. Writing is a solitary act, but over six weeks, it felt like I was continually in conversation with everything around...
