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September 15, 2025
“The Shore of Freedom”: How Odesa Hosted the First Literary Festival Port

“The Shore of Freedom”: How Odesa Hosted the First Literary Festival Port

Odesa’s cultural scene in wartime: conversation with festival organizers and photo reportage.
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August 27, 2025
Operations Continue Despite the Roar of Explosions and the Howling of Air Raid Sirens

Operations Continue Despite the Roar of Explosions and the Howling of Air Raid Sirens

A story about Ukrainian surgeon Yevhen Trofymenko, who works at a hospital in a frontline city.
Stories
August 24, 2025
“Ukraine’s Independence Must Consist of Millions of Individual Independences”: an Interview With Ukrainian Writer and Serviceman Pavlo Korobchuk

“Ukraine’s Independence Must Consist of Millions of Individual Independences”: an Interview With Ukrainian Writer and Serviceman Pavlo Korobchuk

A conversation on military service, the limits of writing during wartime, and independence.
Stories
August 15, 2025
Working in a Front-Line Hospital as a Vocation: The Story of Mykola Roshko

Working in a Front-Line Hospital as a Vocation: The Story of Mykola Roshko

Mykola Roshko, an ophthalmic surgeon who works in a city only 30 km from Russia, explains why it’s important for him to be there.
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August 2, 2025
“Core expressions of human nature remain unchanged”: an interview with Taras Prokhasko, a prominent Ukrainian writer

“Core expressions of human nature remain unchanged”: an interview with Taras Prokhasko, a prominent Ukrainian writer

A conversation about literature, war, and Ukraine — what it was in the past and what it is today.
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July 31, 2025
We are here, we will not be forgotten: South Africa and Ukraine in dialogue through literature

We are here, we will not be forgotten: South Africa and Ukraine in dialogue through literature

The dialogue between Yuliya Musakovska and Quaz Roodt.
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June 10, 2025
“I’m a Civilian Who Had to Defend His Country”: The Story of a Ukrainian writer and Serviceman

“I’m a Civilian Who Had to Defend His Country”: The Story of a Ukrainian writer and Serviceman

Interview with Artem Chapeye.
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May 18, 2025
“Every Day, We Achieve Miracles”: the Story of Akhtem Seitablaiev

“Every Day, We Achieve Miracles”: the Story of Akhtem Seitablaiev

An interview with a Ukrainian actor and serviceman of Crimean Tatar origin.
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May 16, 2025
“Books help”: a Prominent Publisher in a Frontline City Tells His Story

“Books help”: a Prominent Publisher in a Frontline City Tells His Story

A talk with Oleksandr Savchuk on his new bookstore-café and publishing in wartime.
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April 14, 2025
Sculls, Flowers, Birds and Houses: How Kharkiv Artist Sought the Identity of the Frontline City

Sculls, Flowers, Birds and Houses: How Kharkiv Artist Sought the Identity of the Frontline City

Interview with Kostiantyn Zorkin.
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