Love Letters to Ukraine from Uyava

"Love Letters to Ukraine from Uyava" (¿¿¿¿¿¿¿ ¿¿¿¿¿ ¿¿ ¿¿¿¿¿¿¿ ¿¿¿ ¿¿¿¿), a finalist at the 2023 International Book Awards presented by American Book Fest, is a bilingual poetry collection written in English by Kalpna Singh-Chitnis and translated into Ukrainian by Volodymyr Tymchuk. It comprises 66 wartime poems centered on the current Russia-Ukraine armed conflict. The entire collection was written and translated, primarily in real-time, within just eight weeks. The poems in this book...
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"Love Letters to Ukraine from Uyava" (¿¿¿¿¿¿¿ ¿¿¿¿¿ ¿¿ ¿¿¿¿¿¿¿ ¿¿¿ ¿¿¿¿), a finalist at the 2023 International Book Awards presented by American Book Fest, is a bilingual poetry collection written in English by Kalpna Singh-Chitnis and translated into Ukrainian by Volodymyr Tymchuk. It comprises 66 wartime poems centered on the current Russia-Ukraine armed conflict. The entire collection was written and translated, primarily in real-time, within just eight weeks. The poems in this book aim to build bridges in the hearts of readers, fostering a connection with Ukraine and allowing the world to witness its deep yearning for love, peace, and freedom."This is a book of love, pure and overwhelming as love should be. This is a book of spirit, strong and willing, as spirit should be." ~Lyudmyla Khersonska Author of "Vse svoi," and "Tyl'naia-litsevaia," reflections on Russian aggression in Ukraine."Fresh on the heels of editing the wide-ranging and necessary anthology, "Sunflowers: Ukrainian Poetry on War, Resistance, Hope and Peace," poet Kalpna Singh-Chitnis has responded with impassioned verses of empathy in "Love Letters to Ukraine from Uyava" as the war rages on in Ukraine. These are poems meant to bridge the divide between one world and another, between a lover and those fighting on the front lines of Ukraine. " ~Brian Turner, Author of "Here, Bullet.""Love Letters to Ukraine from Uyava" is among the most important books of American, Ukrainian, and Indian literary societies with a cultural mission." ~Volodymyr Tymchuk - Poet, Translator, and Lieutenant Colonel of the Armed Forces of Ukraine"A common spiritual child, a representative of the Indian and Ukrainian people will bring us all closer to purification by a drop, a spark, and a metaphor." ~Ihor Pavliuk - People's Poet of Ukraine, Winner of the British PEN Prize and Swiss Literary Prize 2021"In Love Letters to Ukraine from Uyava, the emotional horizon that Singh-Chitnis evokes is both expansive and intimate, bringing the reader into contact with what is essential to the human condition: compassion and understanding." ~Richard Modiano, Author of The Forbidden Lunch Box, and Director Emeritus Beyond Baroque Literary Arts Center