Tadeusz Dąbrowski, trans. by Antonia Lloyd-Jones

If Ukraine still had nukes, Russia would never have invaded. Yet in 1994, the west convinced Ukraine to disarm - in return for security & sovereignty. Now, Trump is siding with Putin. This is the worst betrayal in recent geopolitical history.

It is about becoming as fearless as one can and behaving as beautifully as one can under completely impossible circumstances. — Toni Morrison

For anyone wondering why Trump refuses to criticise Putin, while hectoring Zelenskyy, here's my piece on the US president's 1987 trip to Moscow. Trump's visit was arranged by the ... KGB. Extract comes from my #1 New York Times bestselling book 'Collusion' politico.com/magazine/story…

Best in translation. Best docupoetics. Best landscape. Best multilingual text. Best use of an octopus simile. Best soundtrack. Best dance poem. Best shoe metaphors. Best animal soliloquy. Best innovative chap. Best fretwork. Best lunar action.

Seems Moscow's quite pleased with how the last few days have gone. Today's Russian papers: · “Russia can't conceal its malicious pleasure…” · “The Western system is crashing like a house of cards.” · Kremlin “New US foreign policy...largely aligned with Russia’s” #ReadingRussia

Air raid sirens in Kyiv now, wailing across the city, as Russian drones approach. Trump's suspension of US military aid means Ukraine will find it tougher to shoot down enemy drones and ballistic missiles. The result: more death, grief, and ruin

The US stops weapons supplies and intelligence to #Ukraine, and cuts off its access to satellite technology. Meanwhile, Russia launches a massive missile strike, knowing that the US early warning system no longer operates. Coincidence or collusion? theguardian.com/world/2025/mar…

Putin is bombing Ukraine. Do you still believe him that he wants peace? Trump: I believe him. We're doing very well with Russia. But right now they're bombing the hell out of Ukraine. I'm finding it more difficult, frankly, to deal with Ukraine. 1/

Putin “wants every second to be able to continue to hit Ukraine while these discussions are ongoing,” says former Trump ambassador Gordon Sondland. “We should, without public announcement or fanfare, be surging weapons to Ukraine, as well as intel, and letting them again hit

My poem, “Arms,” is in this week’s The New Yorker newyorker.com/magazine/2025/…

Important to realize that Trump’s approach to Canada and Greenland is like his approach to Ukraine. It’s not even American imperialism. It is America enabling Russian imperialism. It’s America destroying its own best alliances, cutting itself off from its own crucial bases,

Доброй рано, dear friends! Today is day 3 of National Poetry Month. Let's gather around Oksana Maksymchuk's "Pure Poetry" which appeared in Poetry Northwest: poetrynw.org/poetry/oksana-…. Let's keep uplifting Ukrainian poems this month! Please share.

Добра ніч, dear friends. We close this day with yet another of Oksana Maksymchuk's poetic gems, "Approximations," which appeared in Poetry Daily: poems.com/poem/approxima….

Ukrainian artist Marharyta Polovinko was killed in the frontline. She voluntarily joined the Ukrainian armed forces to be a medic and help save lives. Write about Ukrainian artists while they are alive. Show their art while they are still alive.

Доброй рано, dear friends. Take a look at Oksana Maksymchuk's interview w/ Poetry Northwest: poetrynw.org/interview-war-…. If you haven't read Oksana's poetry collection STILL CITY, be sure to add it to your Ukrainian reading lists!

I spoke to survivors of Russia’s murderous attack last week on Sumy. One woman, Alla, had been travelling into the city on the 62 bus. “I saw cars on fire. People were lying at my feet’, she told me. My dispatch from Ukraine for the Observer newspaper theguardian.com/world/2025/apr…

NEW OpEd @USNews Ideas & Opinions~ Why You May Be Safer in Kyiv Than in Chicago I left Ukraine for America. But here, 125 people are killed by guns every day, writes Oksana Maksymchuk, author of 'Still City' usnews.com/opinion/articl… #USNews #Ideas #Opinion

Chicago friends: I’m offering a free poetry workshop at Slant of Light Books. Join us! Support independent bookstores and make a new poem. RSVP now, space is limited:

I’m really looking forward to speaking at this year’s Edinburgh International Book Festival Edinburgh International Book Festival. Together with Uilleam Blacker 🇺🇦, I’ll be recording a new episode of the Ukraine Shelf podcast, with guests Philippe Sands and Oksana Maksymchuk. 1/2 edbookfest.co.uk/the-festival/w…