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Ukrainian poet finds home sliver in Iowa City residency
Ukrainian poet Lyuba Yakimchuk joins the University of Iowa International Writing Program fall residency after years of conflict in Donbas and Kyiv. The interview covers her family’s exile, her book The Apricots of Donbas, translation work, and her connection to Iowa City amid a turbulent return to writing and public engagement.
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I.C
Iowa City
Poland
Lyuba Yakimchuk
Christopher Merrill
University of Iowa International
Merrill
Yakimchuk
John Legend
Russia
Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs
U.S. Department of State
Donbas
Europe
Ukraine
Chi
Pervomaisk
Luhansk
Crimea
Gazette
Kyiv
New Time
Solvo House
Mark Neville
Chicago
Washington, D.C
New York City
Paradise
Iowa River
Stanley Hydraulics Laboratory
Hancher Auditorium
New York Times
BBC
Jim Slosiarek
the Gazette