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Covid “fails to get settled status”

When Britain decided to announce freedom day on 19 July the rest of the world was horrified. Scientists warned that relying on good old…

Jul 24, 2021

Jul 24, 2021

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A semi surreal poem set in Crimea… make of it what you will

Letter from Crimea 4

Apr 13, 2021

Apr 13, 2021

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Stefania- a poem for my aunt…

Stefania

Apr 13, 2021

Apr 13, 2021

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Lukashenko’s nuclear threat… (speech given at “The New Chernobyls on Europe’s Doorstep?”

The story of Belarus and nuclear power really begins in North Ukraine on the 26 of April 1986 when unit 4 of the Chornobyl nuclear plant…

Feb 2, 2021

Lukashenko’s nuclear threat… (speech given at “The New Chernobyls on Europe’s Doorstep?”

Feb 2, 2021

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Poetry on Fire: My Family, The Executed Renaissance, and the West

The girl whose gold shoes glittered with paste diamonds stood in the aisle of the plane, her arms outstretched, as the aircraft juddered…

Dec 9, 2020

Poetry on Fire: My Family, The Executed Renaissance, and the West

Dec 9, 2020

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To kill a songbird- the Soviet Genocide of Ukrainian literature

This article was adapted from material previously published on Euromaidan Press and in Modern Poetry in Translation

Nov 28, 2020

To kill a songbird- the Soviet Genocide of Ukrainian literature

Nov 28, 2020

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Steve Komarnyckyj on Ukraine’s “Executed Renaissance”- a personal reflection

The priest descended the steps from the aircraft and collapsed to his knees to kiss the tarmac. It was 1992, and my father and I were on…

Nov 28, 2020

Nov 28, 2020

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Dancing with Stalin- the Holodomor Genocide in Ukraine

The article below is adapted from a speech given to Cambridge University Ukrainian Society on 6 February 2009.

Nov 28, 2020

Dancing with Stalin- the Holodomor Genocide in Ukraine

Nov 28, 2020

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Andrii Telizhenko the unlikely spy?

In March 2020 Andrii Telizhenko angrily denied being a Russian spy when federal authorities warned that he could be spreading Russian…

Nov 17, 2020

Andrii Telizhenko the unlikely spy?

Nov 17, 2020

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The Trump coup I predicted is underway- what happens now?

Okay I’m not clairvoyant. I predicted that Trump would launch a coup in my previous piece because it was being planned in plain sight on…

Nov 6, 2020

The Trump coup I predicted is underway- what happens now?

Nov 6, 2020

SteveKomarnyckyj

SteveKomarnyckyj

Steve Komarnyckyj is a poet and literary translator specialising in Ukrainian. He runs Kalyna Language Press with his partner Susie.

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