Ronald L. Fair’s Hog Butcher is a gripping, poetic novel about a young Black boy shot by police—and the two children who must decide whether to tell the truth. 👉 chicagoliteraryhof.org/blog/entry/ron… #ChicagoLiteraryHallofFame #CLHOF #ChicagoLit #RonaldLFair #HogButcher #BlackVoices

An American citizen who was killed in a Russian attack on Kyiv this week was an artist from Oregon, Fred Grandy. Upset by a reversal of US policy on Ukraine, he came to Kyiv in May to help clean up rubble from Russian attacks. He was among the 28 people killed on June 17.

Just wow. The Boryviter mosaic — badly damaged in Mariupol, restored in Kyiv — now stands in Trafalgar Square. Unveiled by Oleksandr Usyk and Richard Branson ahead of Usyk’s fight at Wembley. This falcon is Ukraine: rising strong from the ashes.

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I was explaining to my Ukrainian colleague the phrase ‘There’s no such thing as a free lunch’. She told me the equivalent in Ukrainian is ‘The only free cheese is in the mousetrap’ - which is so much better

BAKHMUT by Myroslav Laiuk is now available from Ukraїner! Be sure to order it and support Ukrainian writers and literature!

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Before Friday’s President Donald J. Trump-Putin meeting in Alaska, Razom’s adviser on abducted Ukrainian children, Katya Pavlevych Katya Pavlevych🇺🇦, urges the U.S. to pressure Russia into returning the children. In a video for the New York Post, Katya lays out Ukraine’s attempts to negotiate the return of

What happens when a photographer’s lens captures the truth of human resilience? UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency are too often unseen. This #WorldHumanitarianDay, draw inspiration from our former UN #SDGAwards judge Muhammed Muheisen, who gives them a voice & reveals to the world the faces of the displaced.

Still haven't seen the Peanuts musical on Apple TV+, but it has this gorgeous song, written by Ben Folds, sung by Jayd Deroché. "When We Were Light" youtube.com/watch?v=AHcRA6…

My thanks to Order FENESTRATION for inspiring me to dive into the spiky, salty, shrewd satirical poems of Prof Taban Lo Liyong. So much to savor in this African giant’s flavorsome quarreling in and with English. Chew on this sermon from the 1990s. (I love his promotion of Col. Sanders.)

Hey! It's been a minute! I've got two hours to fund this audiobook on #Kickstarter and this translation on #kofi. Anyone feeling like a hero tonight? #BlackArt #AfricanArt #JewishArt #SmallPress #Indie

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NW Alaska evacuating in case you watch mainstream news and don’t know what’s happening up here

Brilliant discussion by Boris Dralyuk of the “whole project” of approaching poetic translation - plus a recording of a Julia Nemirovskaya poem in Russian & English! Looking forward to the whole series of reflections on translation, thx Amit Majmudar!

Small news: I've just been made poetry co-editor on Morning Star, working with Ruth Aylett also bluesky and mastodon.scot & Alan Morrison. I'm looking for subtle political/personal poems, emphasising resistance. Plse send to: [email protected] - 33 lines max. 2 line bio. 📚

Discover “Chicago’s Latina and Chicano Poets: An Overview”, a new blog post, by Carlos Cumpián, that maps out the city’s rich poetic landscape. 📖 Read now and let these voices stir your literary curiosity: chicagoliteraryhof.org/blog/entry/chi… #ChicagoLit #LatinaPoets #ChicanoPoets #Poetry

Do the old man a solid, pre-order now, and have yourself a ball in April! 5/5 pauldrybooks.com/products/sidet…

📣 Hey, Chicagoland! If you haven’t checked them out yet, make sure to visit our friends at Clan McDonald Comics, located at 710 E Ogden Ave, Suite 600 in Naperville, Illinois — now open six days a week, Monday through Saturday! Following an amazingly successful grand opening

MYTHIC DELIRIUM returns w/ new books in 2026‼️ The first phase is underway, w/ the forthcoming publication of Haralambi Markov’s debut collection of horror & Weird fiction, THE LANGUAGE OF KNIVES. (Introduction by Ann VanderMeer!) [1/3] Sale link here: bit.ly/BoneSwans10th