What Ukrainian non-fiction books are available in English? Why is Ukrainian non-fiction important to read for those who want to understand Ukraine, Eastern Europe, and Russia’s war against Ukraine? Why has documenting wartime reality become so important for today’s Ukrainian literature?

The Explaining Ukraine podcast speaks to Iryna Baturevych, co-founder and development director of Chytomo.com, a Ukrainian media about books and literature.

Host: Volodymyr Yermolenko, Ukrainian philosopher, chief editor of UkraineWorld and president of PEN Ukraine

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Some books mentioned in this episode:

Illia Ponomarenko, I Will Show You How It Was. The Story of Wartime Kyiv
https://www.bloomsbury.com/us/i-will-show-you-how-it-was-9781639733880/

Oleksandr Mykhed, The Language of War
https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/461801/the-language-of-war-by-mykhed-oleksandr/9780241690840

Kateryna Zarembo, The Rise of the Ukrainian Sun: History of Donetsk and Luhansk at the Beginning of the 21st Century. Academic Studies Press (USA) - to be published

Victoria Amelina, Looking at Women Looking at War. A War and Justice Diary
https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250367686/lookingatwomenlookingatwar

Pavlo Kazarin. Wild West of Eastern Europe. Ibidem Verlag, Germany - to be published