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Askold Melnyczuk is a prominent American writer of Ukrainian descent, and author of books What Is Told; Ambassador of the Dead; House of Widows; The Man Who Would Not Bow, and others. His novels have earned honors as a New York Times Notable, an LA Times Best Books of the Year, and an Editor’s Choice by the American Library Association’s Booklist. Melnyczuk has also translated numerous Ukrainian authors into English. Volodymyr Yermolenko, Ukrainian philosopher and chief editor of UkraineWorld, speaks to Askold Melnyczuk about Ukrainian literature today, about culture facing death and suffering, and the Ukrainian diaspora in North America. UkraineWorld is brought to you by Internews Ukraine, one of the oldest Ukrainian media NGOs. Support us at patreon.com/ukraineworld. Support our humanitarian trips to the frontline areas: Paypal - ukraine.resisting@gmail.com

Askold Melnyczuk is a prominent American writer of Ukrainian descent, and author of books What Is Told; Ambassador of the Dead; House of Widows; The Man Who Would Not Bow, and others. His novels have earned honors as a New York Times Notable, an LA Times Best Books of the Year, and an Editor’s Choice by the American Library Association’s Booklist. Melnyczuk has also translated numerous Ukrainian authors into English. Volodymyr Yermolenko, Ukrainian philosopher and chief editor of UkraineWorld, speaks to Askold Melnyczuk about Ukrainian literature today, about culture facing death and suffering, and the Ukrainian diaspora in North America. UkraineWorld is brought to you by Internews Ukraine, one of the oldest Ukrainian media NGOs. Support us at <a href="http://patreon.com/ukraineworld" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">patreon.com/ukraineworld</a>. Support our humanitarian trips to the frontline areas: Paypal - ukraine.resisting@gmail.com

Askold Melnyczuk - on Ukrainian literature, diaspora, and culture during the war

In this Episode, I speak to Askold Melnyczuk, an American writer whose publications include novels, essays, poems, memoir, and translations. Among his works are the novels, What Is Told, and Ambassador of the Dead, House of Widows and Excerpt from Smedley’s Secret Guide to World Literature.In his essay, Why My Favorite Characters to Write Are Often Unsympathetic and Unforgivable, he says, “I’ve felt my understanding enlarged by fiction whose charge isn’t to soothe readers by providing exemplary characters as “models for emulation” but rather to quicken them to a heightened awareness of the imagination’s, and by extension life’s, vast range, and so bring us closer to reality. Fiction should use its singular devices to disillusion us, lest we be deceived by placebos and lies. The best fiction tells lies that lie deeper than truth. Indeed, disillusionment is one hugely positive side effect that arises from reading the very best fiction.”

In this Episode, I speak to Askold Melnyczuk, an American writer whose publications include novels, essays, poems, memoir, and translations. Among his works are the novels, What Is Told, and Ambassador of the Dead, House of Widows and Excerpt from Smedley’s Secret Guide to World Literature.In his essay, Why My Favorite Characters to Write Are Often Unsympathetic and Unforgivable, he says, “I’ve felt my understanding enlarged by fiction whose charge isn’t to soothe readers by providing exemplary characters as “models for emulation” but rather to quicken them to a heightened awareness of the imagination’s, and by extension life’s, vast range, and so bring us closer to reality. Fiction should use its singular devices to disillusion us, lest we be deceived by placebos and lies. The best fiction tells lies that lie deeper than truth. Indeed, disillusionment is one hugely positive side effect that arises from reading the very best fiction.”

SAHA EP 17 Askold Melnyczuk

What better way to get to know a country and its people than through literature? Today, we talk about Ukrainian writers and what we can learn about this country through its poetry and prose. University of Massachusetts professor, novelist and poet Askold Melnyczuk joins us. His parents were Ukrainian refugees. He also works as a Ukrainian translator and he’ll talk to us about making Ukrainian literature available to the English-speaking world. Have you read any works by Ukrainian writers? GUEST: Askold Melnyczuk - writer and professor at University of Massachusetts, Boston. He is the founder of Arrowsmith Press. If you're interested in reading Ukrainian literature here are Askold Menyczuk's recommendations. POETRY  Eccentric Days of Hope and Sorrow by Natalka Bilotserkivets Persephone Blues by Oksana Lutsyshyna Apricots of Donbas by Lyuba Yakimchuk Selected Poems by Oksana Zabuzhko Selected Poems by Serhiy Zhadan  FICTION  Grey Bees by Andrey Kurkov Sweet Darusya: A Tale of Two Villages by Maria Matios Your Ad Could Go Here by Oksana Zabuzhko The Museum of Abandoned Secrets by Oksana Zabuzhko The Orphanage by Serhiy Zhadan  ESSAYSIn Isolation: Dispatches from Occupied Donbas by Stanislav Aseyev Our programming is made possible thanks to listeners like you. Please consider supporting this show and Connecticut Public with a donation today by visiting ctpublic.org/donate. Support the show: http://wnpr.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

What better way to get to know a country and its people than through literature? Today, we talk about Ukrainian writers and what we can learn about this country through its poetry and prose. University of Massachusetts professor, novelist and poet <a href="https://askoldmelnyczuk.net/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Askold Melnyczuk</a> joins us. His parents were Ukrainian refugees. He also works as a Ukrainian translator and he’ll talk to us about making Ukrainian literature available to the English-speaking world. Have you read any works by Ukrainian writers? GUEST: Askold Melnyczuk - writer and professor at University of Massachusetts, Boston. He is the founder of <a href="https://www.arrowsmithpress.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Arrowsmith Press</a>. If you're interested in reading Ukrainian literature here are Askold Menyczuk's recommendations. POETRY <ul> <li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Eccentric-Days-Sorrow-Natalka-Bilotserkivets/dp/173643232X/ref=sr_1_fkmr0_1?crid=3VYC1GUY41DHT&amp;keywords=Natalka+Bilotserkivets+Selected+Poems&amp;qid=1647285827&amp;s=books&amp;sprefix=natalka+bilotserkivets+selected+poems%2Cstripbooks%2C59&amp;sr=1-1-fkmr0" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Eccentric Days of Hope and Sorrow</a> by Natalka Bilotserkivets</li> <li><a href="https://shop.harvard.com/persephone-blues" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Persephone Blues</a> by Oksana Lutsyshyna</li> <li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Apricots-Donbass-Lyuba-Yakimchuk/dp/1736432311/ref=sr_1_1?crid=C6AJ35MLM46G&amp;keywords=Apricots+of+Donbas&amp;qid=1647285356&amp;s=books&amp;sprefix=apricots+of+donbas%2Cstripbooks%2C72&amp;sr=1-1" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Apricots of Donbas</a> by Lyuba Yakimchuk</li> <li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Selected-Poems-Oksana-Zabuzhko/dp/1734641630" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Selected Poems</a> by Oksana Zabuzhko</li> <li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/What-We-Live-Die-Margellos/dp/0300223366/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1QCFID281R2XH&amp;keywords=Zhadan+Selected+Poems&amp;qid=1647285760&amp;s=books&amp;sprefix=zhadan+selected+poems%2Cstripbooks%2C64&amp;sr=1-1" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Selected Poems</a> by Serhiy Zhadan</li> </ul> FICTION <ul> <li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Grey-Bees-Andrey-Kurkov/dp/1646051661/ref=sr_1_1?crid=3MZQJLANGAVTB&amp;keywords=Kurkov+Grey+Bees&amp;qid=1647286146&amp;s=books&amp;sprefix=kurkov+grey+bees%2Cstripbooks%2C63&amp;sr=1-1" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Grey Bees</a> by Andrey Kurkov</li> <li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Sweet-Darusya-Tale-Two-Villages/dp/1947980939/ref=pd_bxgy_1/137-6902601-5039661?pd_rd_w=eBxiP&amp;pf_rd_p=6b3eefea-7b16-43e9-bc45-2e332cbf99da&amp;pf_rd_r=390YA35K71AHF155PC87&amp;pd_rd_r=8b71bc04-a3c4-4174-804e-47caf20c99d6&amp;pd_rd_wg=JH4Kk&amp;pd_rd_i=1947980939&amp;psc=1" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Sweet Darusya: A Tale of Two Villages</a> by Maria Matios</li> <li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Your-Ad-Could-Go-Here/dp/1542022525/ref=sr_1_1?crid=2XRFFTSAC9TD6&amp;keywords=Your+Ad+Could+Go+Here&amp;qid=1647285251&amp;s=books&amp;sprefix=your+ad+could+go+here%2Cstripbooks%2C71&amp;sr=1-1" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Your Ad Could Go Here</a> by Oksana Zabuzhko</li> <li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Museum-Abandoned-Secrets-Oksana-Zabuzhko-ebook/dp/B0049P1TZM/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1G2NU31W7PJWI&amp;keywords=museum+of+abandoned+secrets&amp;qid=1647285137&amp;s=books&amp;sprefix=Museum+of+A%2Cstripbooks%2C90&amp;sr=1-1" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Museum of Abandoned Secrets</a> by Oksana Zabuzhko</li> <li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Orphanage-Novel-Margellos-Republic-Letters/dp/0300243014/ref=sr_1_1?crid=10LCX9UR7IOTG&amp;keywords=serhiy+zhadan&amp;qid=1647284982&amp;s=books&amp;sprefix=Serhiy%2Cstripbooks%2C70&amp;sr=1-1" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Orphanage</a> by Serhiy Zhadan</li> </ul> ESSAYS <a href="https://www.amazon.com/s?i=stripbooks&amp;rh=p_27%3AStanislav+Aseyev&amp;s=relevancerank&amp;text=Stanislav+Aseyev&amp;ref=dp_byline_sr_book_1/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">In Isolation: Dispatches from Occupied Donbas</a> by Stanislav Aseyev Our programming is made possible thanks to listeners like you. Please consider supporting this show and Connecticut Public with a donation today by visiting <a href="https://www.ctpublic.org/donate" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">ctpublic.org/donate</a>. <a href="http://wnpr.org/donate" rel="payment nofollow" target="_blank">Support the show: http://wnpr.org/donate</a>See <a href="https://omnystudio.com/listener" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">omnystudio.com/listener</a> for privacy information.