Those Absences Now Closest

Poems that reflect on the current tragedy in Ukraine.

In her newest collection, Ukrainian American poet Dzvinia Orlowsky is a witness, never a bystander, ready to stare down the demons, to ＂cut yourself with a dull razor.＂ She sets up house among the nightmares of intergenerational trauma and, as far as anyone can, humanizes them. Through her work, Orlowsky prompts us to enter our own histories instead of just watching.

Dzvinia Orlowsky is a poet, translator, and a founding editor of Four Way Books. She is the author of six poetry collections published by Carnegie Mellon University Press, including Bad Harvest.