Kate Tsurkan 🇺🇦
@TsurkanKate
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Culture reporter at @kyivindependent, Co-founder @apofenie, American at home in Ukraine
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Joined March 2020
The extreme sleep deprivation that comes with the start of motherhood rewires your brain in ways you cannot anticipate. So I started a Substack to write my way through reclaiming the literary prowess I (thought I) once had. Subscribe! For now, it's free.
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RT @ngumenyuk: While some people seriously think Russia is ready to negotiate, my Russian husband was more skeptical. As a well-known Russi….
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On the ground in Kharkiv, the choices are starkly different.
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RT @Oleh_Kotsyuba: Wonderful to see so many of the books published by us among those recommended for reading to understand Ukraine and its….
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as someone who is actually descended from “colonial old stock” I want to say this is fucking lame, congrats to the idiot right for failing to understand that what makes an American truly American is mostly vibes based.
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idk man a branch of my family tree left the Scottish highlands for the New World back in the 18th century seems pretty metal to me.
always funny to see americans talk about "heritage". youre like five years old in history terms.
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RT @Etanetan23: The IDF just killed journalists from Reuters, Al Jazeera, AP and NBC. When medical crews arrived to help, they too were str….
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On Ukraine's Independence Day, here are 10 books to help you understand the country better. My little listicle for @KyivIndependent.
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Thirty-four years on, Ukraine’s independence endures — even as Russia’s full-scale war puts its people to the ultimate test. That’s why Independence Day, marked on Aug. 24, is more than just a...
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I feel like so much is happening that we didn’t take a proper moment to process this.
🇰🇵❗️ DPRK for the first time showed footage of its soldiers in battles on the side of Russia in the Kursk region…
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I reviewed the English translation of the CRIMEAN FIG anthology, which showcases Crimean Tatar literature. My latest for @KyivIndependent.
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To much of the world, Crimea is mostly synonymous with the start of Russia’s war against Ukraine — once a precious Black Sea resort, the peninsula was seized at gunpoint in 2014 and transformed into...
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RT @apofenie: Our editor in chief @TsurkanKate reviews Bora Chung's minimalist sci-fi novel RED SWORD, translated by @AntonHur. https://t.….
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Reviewed by Kate Tsurkan Bora Chung’s “Red Sword” wastes no time plunging readers into an alien world that is both cruel and enticing, immediately challenging humanity to find a way to reclaim...
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RT @TsurkanKate: The extreme sleep deprivation that comes with the start of motherhood rewires your brain in ways you cannot anticipate. So….
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RT @TsurkanKate: Some thoughts on Bora Chung's RED SWORD, translated by @AntonHur. Expect non-Ukraine/EE-related book reviews from me at @a….
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Reviewed by Kate Tsurkan Bora Chung’s “Red Sword” wastes no time plunging readers into an alien world that is both cruel and enticing, immediately challenging humanity to find a way to reclaim...
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I’m not yet near the level of success I aspire to as a writer & translator, but when I got an oped published in the New Yorker at the start of the full-scale war, one right wing pseudo-intellectual who is joining the pile on against them tried to get me to give them my contact🤔.
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My theory is that no adult Ukrainian person (myself included) has the facial muscles to maintain a positive enough expression for a prolonged conversation with an American.
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Air raid siren is sounding all across Ukraine as European leaders arrive in Washington to discuss the need for a just peace in Ukraine.
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Some thoughts on Bora Chung's RED SWORD, translated by @AntonHur. Expect non-Ukraine/EE-related book reviews from me at @apofenie.
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Reviewed by Kate Tsurkan Bora Chung’s “Red Sword” wastes no time plunging readers into an alien world that is both cruel and enticing, immediately challenging humanity to find a way to reclaim...
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RT @ahatanhel: Hundreds of people gathered today at Independence Square (Maidan) in Kyiv to honor and lay to rest the artist, anarchist, an….
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RT @mrsorokaa: I can’t even comprehend how stupid Steve Witkoff is. Like it’s a borderline disability.
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