“The Frontier: 28 Contemporary Ukrainian Poets. An Anthology,” translated by Anatoly Kudryavitsky. London: Glagoslav Publications, 2017. 412 pp. ISBN: 978-1-911414-48-3 (paperback), $36.
“The Frontier: 28 Contemporary Ukrainian Poets. An Anthology” reflects a search of the Ukrainian nation for its identity, the roots of which lie deep inside Ukrainian poetry. Some of the included poets are well known locally and internationally; among them are Serhiy Zhadan, Halyna Krup, Ostap Slyvynsky, Marianna Kijanowska, Oleh Kotsarev, Anna Bagriana and, the living legend of Ukrainian poetry, Vasyl Holoborodko.