Deborah: From the Book of Uman Recollections by Mykola Bazhan
This poem appears in English for the first time, translated by Myroslav Shkandrij from the Ukrainian original. Mykola Bazhan, “Debora: Z knyhy umanskykh spohadiv,” Vitchyzna...
The 2016 Reading List
2016 was a great year for books about Ukrainian and Soviet history. Check out our top 8 picks and find something to take on...
The Art and Science of Translating Babel
In 1929, the great American literary critic Lionel Trilling read a book “about Soviet regiments of horse operating in Poland” that disturbed him, charged,...
To Clarice Lispector, Wherever She Might Find Me
Four decades after her passing, the acclaimed Brazilian writer Clarice Lispector (December 10, 1920 — December 9, 1977) is becoming ever more lionized for...
France’s Most Divisive Philosophical Debate Arrives In Odessa
It is a commonly assumed axiom that the French public loves nothing more than an adroit intellectual duel. Over the past year, attention has...
On The Languages Of Ukrainian Poetry
The events of the past two years have divided Ukrainian poets no less than they have divided other sectors of society. The Russian-language publishing...
The New Year In Moldavanka
The writer Yulia Verba has recently published a very funny book of short stories “Spawn of the Moldavanka” set in the dilapidated communal courtyards...
Eugene Ostashevsky On “The Life And Opinions Of DJ Spinoza”
Eugene Ostashevsky is an American poet who was born in Leningrad into a family partially deriving from Odessa. He is now living in Berlin....
A Dialogue About That ‘Infamous Odessan’ Language With Boris Khersonsky
This interview is based on a transcription of a radio interview that took place between Igor Pomerantsev and The Odessa Review contributing author and...
Imparting Literary Magic Through Translation: A Conversation With Boris Dralyuk
Boris Dralyuk is the Executive Editor of the Los Angeles Review of Books as well as a literary translator. He holds a PhD in...
