American at home in Ukraine. Culture reporter at @kyivindependent, writer, translator, art collector
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Kate Tsurkan 🇺🇦 retweeted
The primary task of those opposing the Russian government is to do everything possible to help Ukraine, including militarily.
This is the largest war in Europe since World War II, and it is being waged in our names. And you will not fucking escape this shame, no matter how much you want to bury your head in the sand and deny it.
And if we’re talking about the interests of the Russian people, Russia’s military defeat is a necessary condition for a change of power in Russia. It is the Russian people’s only hope for a peaceful, democratic country - if that’s what they want.
Kate Tsurkan 🇺🇦 retweeted
If you’re so concerned about the loss of Beauty, why don’t you go out and put in the effort to find some contemporary poets you consider worth championing? It’s all just moaning with these people, they don’t actually care about art, they just want to whine
Kate Tsurkan 🇺🇦 retweeted
Super review of my book Betrayal from @TsurkanKate, writing in @KyivIndependent: "It earns its place in an argument that is only beginning: what sort of world do we want to inhabit, and whom do we want to lead it?" kyivindependent.com/luke-har…
Kate Tsurkan 🇺🇦 retweeted
Kate Tsurkan @TsurkanKate of @KyivIndependent highlighted three HURI Books titles to look out for in late 2026 and early 2027.
The selection highlights:
🔸Myroslav Laiuk’s 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘞𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥 𝘐𝘴 𝘕𝘰𝘵 𝘔𝘢𝘥𝘦 (translated by Ali Kinsella)—a multi-generational saga about a family that, over two centuries, has faced challenges and strived to overcome them while remaining true to its values.
🔸Sophia Andrukhovych’s 𝘍𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘹 𝘈𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘢 (translated by Vitaly Chernetsky @globalrhizome ), a neo-Gothic novel depicting the peculiarities of human relations and the multiethnic world of the late Habsburg Empire.
🔸Yurii Yanovskyi’s 1928 modernist classic 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘚𝘩𝘪𝘱𝘸𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 (translated by Ian Ross Singleton @singleton_ian) captures the experimental energy of early cinema while reclaiming Ukrainian-language #Odesa from russian imperial narratives.
Read the full feature via the link below!
#HURIBooks #UkrainianLiterature #LiteratureInTranslation #ReadUkrainian #UpcomingReleases
Kate Tsurkan 🇺🇦 retweeted
No matter how much life might suck at the moment, there are always good books to look forward to (thanks @TsurkanKate for compiling this list!)
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Kate Tsurkan 🇺🇦 retweeted
"Not a safe space for revolutionary praxis" should be crocheted on a pillow.
A lesbian bar in Greenfield eased its stringent mask mandate, a decision that has splintered the queer community in the city and beyond. trib.al/FyZjBWs
Kate Tsurkan 🇺🇦 retweeted
Serhiy Zhadan is one of those poets that make me intensely happy that I'm a native speaker of Ukrainian, but I have a lot of appreciation for what John Hennessy and Ostap Kin are doing in their translations, esp. with assonances and internal rhymes
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Kate Tsurkan 🇺🇦 retweeted
Submissions are now open for the Winter 2027 Issue of @apofenie. Read more at the link. 🪬
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Kate Tsurkan 🇺🇦 retweeted
Ukraine has imposed sanctions against the producers and distributors of the Russian animated series Masha and the Bear.
This creates legal grounds to block the content in Ukraine and engage international platforms to restrict its monetization and distribution.
Russian propaganda has no place on children’s screens — in Ukraine or anywhere in the world.
Russian attacks destroyed more than 1.5 million Ukrainian books in July alone. I spoke to some Ukrainian publishers who were affected, and why continuing their business is the only way forward. This resilient story is now online at @KyivIndependent.
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Kate Tsurkan 🇺🇦 retweeted
Where does “abroad” begin?
Starting with his childhood in Vynohradiv, and moving through Germany, Hungary, and beyond, Andriy Lyubka's essay (tr. beautifully by @TsurkanKate) reveals that borders aren't merely geographical; they also exist in the mind.
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The fate of hundreds of Ukrainian intellectuals during the Great Terror, after the subsiding of korenizatsiia, is proof of this. Stalin himself wrote that something “had to be done” with Mykola Khvylovy who advocated that Ukraine was more culturally in line with Europe.
Zelensky:
The USSR killed all the languages.
They occupied the territories, killed the traditions, and destroyed the churches.
They killed religion, traditions, and language for 70 years.
Source: @LauraLoomer
Kate Tsurkan 🇺🇦 retweeted
Where does “abroad” begin?
Starting with his childhood in Vynohradiv, and moving through Germany, Hungary, and beyond, Andriy Lyubka's essay (tr. beautifully by @TsurkanKate) reveals that borders aren't merely geographical; they also exist in the mind.
tinyurl.com/2sza86d4
I have three (🫣) book translations coming out later this year, but until then, I thought it’s worth reminding you of three others that are already available by three very different—yet equally interesting—Ukrainian authors, exploring the war from different perspectives.
Kate Tsurkan 🇺🇦 retweeted
russia is destroying Ukrainian books. In July alone, russian attacks destroyed over 1.5 million copies and severely damaged printing houses and publishers.
Ukraine supports book sector, we will restore damaged production, and ensure that new Ukrainian books continue to be published. Ukrainian culture and the Ukrainian word will endure.
Kate Tsurkan 🇺🇦 retweeted
Syrsky may or may not be a great military commander, but it is no longer relevant. In a war where the nation as a whole is fighting and the army is made up of a million of yesterday’s civilians, the commander cannot be unpopular to the extent of sparking protests across Ukraine— including by veterans and even serving troops.
A Russian photographer who has worked for Kremlin media was shortlisted for a German prize for his series on occupied Mariupol. Read my latest on this scandal at @KyivIndependent.
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