Description
Svetlana Ischenko tackles the creative tension between her identity as a Ukrainian poet, with deeply Ukrainian sensibilities, and that of an immigrant poet enthused by her adopted country. In NUCLEUS readers will see through a Ukrainian immigrant’s eyes as she looks back at the land and traditions of her original country. This collection illuminates Ischenko’s poetic transformation, from a heroic crown of sonnets to freer, lyrical pieces, but all within the dynamic of Ukrainian and Canadian subject matter and sensibilities. A powerful collection, made even more profound in light of recent events in Ukraine. NUCLEUS includes a fascinating introductory essay that explores the immigrant’s translation of self in a new country.
Poetry.
Author Bio
Svetlana Ischenko is an award-winning poet, translator, former actress and teacher. She was born in Mykolaiv, in southern Ukraine, where she established herself as a stage actress and poet before immigrating to Canada in 2001. She is the author of several books and chapbooks of poetry, essays and dramatic plays in Ukrainian and English. In Canada, her poems have been published in The Antigonish Review and Event and were included in the anthology Che Wach Choe/Let the Delirium Begin (Leaf Press, 2003) and the chapbook In the Mornings I Find a Crane's Feathers in my Damp Braids (Leaf Press, 2005). She lives with her family in North Vancouver, BC.
Author City: NORTH VANCOUVER, BC CAN