Author: Larissa M. L. Zaleska Onyshkevych

“A Dictionary of Emotions in a Time of War: 20 Short Works by Ukrainian Playwrights,” compiled, edited and introduced by John Freedman. Laertes Press: Chapel Hill, N.C., 2023. 266 pp. ISBN: 9781942281337 (paperback), $20.00. Time is an inexplicably precious element during war. It is particularly visible in the case of recently published current Ukrainian literature translated into English. The war, begun by Russia in 2014, instigated numerous on-line or live readings and staged performances, as well as anthologies of poems, such as “Words for War. New Poems from Ukraine,” edited by Oksana Maksymchuk and Max Rosochinsky. Then, on February 24,…

During and following the fall 2020 Holodomor commemorations and conferences in North America, there were many questions about the existence of plays on the subject. Although usually literary information is acquired by reading, seeing a play staged in a theater may be an immediate and effective way to experience it. Therefore, provided here is information...