Poetry, war, brutality... the war in Ukraine has galvanized many in Ukraine to pick up arms. Artists have picked up the brush and musicians recorded songs to express the everyday horror and pain of this war. Poets have turned to words.
In 2022 we had a conversation with poets who are using their words to create change in Ukraine. This conversation among writers and scholars inspired dialogue about how literature heals, fights, and plays a key role in this war, and all wars. Women, too, have been hit particularly hard—whether as mothers, poets, workers, wives—and some of the many themes that were discussed including the intersections of war and gender, and war and poetry.
Featuring poets Anna Gruver and Yuliya Charnyshova with Dr. Julia Kolchinsky Dasbach moderating this discussion.
All collected proceeds went towards the UNICEF Emergency Ukraine Fund to directly support affected children and families in Ukraine.