Arms and Muses: Poets from Ukraine
The previous post introduced a volume of Ukrainian poetry entitled Words for War: New Poems from Ukraine published before the 2022 Russia invasion of Ukraine. Who are these poets? Let … Read More
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Arms and Muses: Poems from Ukraine
“When arms speak, muses are silent” is the English paraphrase for an aphorism attributed to Cicero, albeit with a slightly different word order. Inter arma enim silent lēgēs is Latin for, … Read More
Librarians Speaking: Voices from Ukraine
It was 6 pm in Ukraine, 9 am in California, and 12 pm in New Jersey on Wednesday, April 6, 2022, when 300 librarians gathered virtually for an international Zoom … Read More
InfoLit 101: The War in Ukraine on Social Media
Question: Is it true that in Lenin Square in Moscow they are gifting Volvos? Answer: Yes, it is true, but with a slight modification. Not in Lenin Square in Moscow but … Read More
Books We Read About Ukraine
When the world wakes up to the news, the librarian ponders: What do we know about Ukraine? What do we have in our collection? Preferably in English? A lot? Not … Read More
Never Again: UNWLA’s Holodomor Commemoration Initiatives
In 2023, Rutgers University’s Mabel Smith Douglass Library hosted an exhibit curated by the Ukrainian National Women’s League of America (UNWLA) to commemorate the 90th anniversary of the Holodomor, the great Ukrainian … Read More
Holodomor: Reading Recommendations
Dedicated to our Ukrainian series, Books We Read is pleased to share reading recommendations in November, typically a month of Holodomor commemoration in Ukraine and within Ukrainian communities abroad. Initiated … Read More
Bringing Ukrainian books to the library (Part 2)
Following up on part one of the interview with the representatives of the Ukrainian National Women’s League of America (UNWLA), the second part continues to advocate and educate the public … Read More
Bringing Ukrainian books to the library (Part 1)
At the start of the war in Ukraine, we were interested in books available about Ukraine from our libraries. We wrote about poets and poems from Ukraine, as well as … Read More
Grief: To Each Their Own – Reading Sándor Jászberényi
Disclaimer: this post contains references to texts related to violence, trauma, and PTSD. As a supporter of bibliotherapy, I strongly believe in reading texts that resonate with us, texts with … Read More