
Amanda McCrina
@amandamccrina
Historian • writer of historical fiction (next: BEYOND SEVEN FORESTS, 2026) • Polish-American • lover of cats, coffee, & Frank Sinatra
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“Russian warship, go f* yourself.” For the defenders of Snake Island, those defiant words were followed by a brutal time in Russian captivity. Former Ukrainian marine Vladyslav Zadorin spoke to Sashko Shevchenko about his 679 days as a POW: rferl.org/a/snake-island…


I can't believe it. Siarhei is here—with me and our children. What we’ve dreamed of for 5 years has finally happened. Tonight, I’m taking the evening off to talk with my husband, to let him see his children again, after so many years. Thank you all for the tremendous support!❤️




Delighted to say that at the upcoming RUTA Conference (The RUTA Association), I'll present my poetry project, "A Song of Sunrise and Blood: Cartographies of Terror, Endurance and Revival"! It covers my poems on Ukraine, mapping wartime terrors, grief, and resilience through verse.




Victoria Amelina, killed by a Russian bomb in Ukraine on 1 July 2023, has posthumously won the 2025 Orwell Prize for Political Writing for Looking at Women, Looking at War. "An unforgettable picture of the human consequences of war." Kim Darroch, Chair of Judges William Collins Books


Can you spare $5 today to help our defenders fix their drones and helicopters? UDS will double donations! So your $5 becomes $10 💙🐈⬛💛 PayPal: [email protected]

I’m honored that my book won the IRSCL Book Award 2025 (best monograph) IRSCL2025 Salamanca
