Avaland and Dukedom in 2024, part 2
This is a continuation of the topic Avaland and Dukedom in 2024, part I.
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2dukedom_enough
Michael's Reading
3avaland
Lois's Reading
I'm reading mostly short fiction, poetry and or short nonfiction. Often reading whatever I want and in any order.
Currently:
Serhiy Zhadan, A New Orthography poetry, translated Ukrainian
Lyuba Yakimchuk, Apricots of Donbas translated Ukrainian
Beth Ann Fennelly Open House, poetry, Mississippi, US
Beth Ann Fennelly, Unmentionables, Mississippi, US
Kate Atkinson, Normal rules don't apply, short stories, UK
I'm reading mostly short fiction, poetry and or short nonfiction. Often reading whatever I want and in any order.
Currently:
Serhiy Zhadan, A New Orthography poetry, translated Ukrainian
Lyuba Yakimchuk, Apricots of Donbas translated Ukrainian
Beth Ann Fennelly Open House, poetry, Mississippi, US
Beth Ann Fennelly, Unmentionables, Mississippi, US
Kate Atkinson, Normal rules don't apply, short stories, UK
5labfs39
You have become a super fan of Zhadan. I still have The Orphanage on my wishlist.
6avaland
Just finished a fine volume of poetry: Forest of Noise by Mosab Abu Toha.... Off to fine out if he has other books!
*his previous collection is Things You May Find Hidden in my Ear
7dukedom_enough
Not that I could do much, but I am so sorry. I especially apologize to our non-US members at Librarything.
8LolaWalser
>7 dukedom_enough:
My condolences, Michael. I've been watching videos of the cleanup of Valencia. People organised to clean the streets themselves, when the officials failed. There always comes a point when the resistance becomes active and general.
My condolences, Michael. I've been watching videos of the cleanup of Valencia. People organised to clean the streets themselves, when the officials failed. There always comes a point when the resistance becomes active and general.
9dukedom_enough
>8 LolaWalser: Thank you
10avaland
BOTH OF US Have failed to post regularly and we hope to post more regularly in the new year...
11SassyLassy
>10 avaland: Hoping that may be so.
12dchaikin
>10 avaland: we love any contributions you guys make
14avaland
>13 labfs39:
I'm still reading short pieces...and poetry... much still around Ukraine. I am expecting a large (and expensive) photo book of Ukraine this week:
and the hubby is currently reading City at the End of Time by Greg Bear:
I'm still reading short pieces...and poetry... much still around Ukraine. I am expecting a large (and expensive) photo book of Ukraine this week:
and the hubby is currently reading City at the End of Time by Greg Bear:
15LolaWalser
I read recently a good book about Ukraine and the lead-up to the war, Lois, Towards the Abyss: Ukraine from Maidan to War by Volodymyr Ishchenko.
One aspect I never see addressed in the Anglo press is what it means to go to war with someone so similar, so intertwined, who until recently had been a part of one's country (or even family). Ukrainians and Russians are even closer than Croats and Serbs, for example, and that was difficult enough.
Well, although he doesn't make it a topic per se, Ishchenko gives some sense of those complications, intellectual and emotional, from the Ukrainian point of view.
One aspect I never see addressed in the Anglo press is what it means to go to war with someone so similar, so intertwined, who until recently had been a part of one's country (or even family). Ukrainians and Russians are even closer than Croats and Serbs, for example, and that was difficult enough.
Well, although he doesn't make it a topic per se, Ishchenko gives some sense of those complications, intellectual and emotional, from the Ukrainian point of view.
16dukedom_enough
>15 LolaWalser: Beginning to look like we'll get to learn how close-cultural war will work with the US and Canada. Just tariffs so far.
