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Missile tubes, an unfunny joke, my wife’s band sweatshirt: in Ukraine, this is how we fund our fight for survival

Every concert and show now features an auction to support the army. Two years into the invasion, they have become ever more inventive, surreal – and personal, says Ukrainian writer Oleksandr Mykhed

The Guardian - UK

Five of the best recent books from Ukraine

Recently translated works by Ukrainian poets and novelists contemplate domestic life, language, economics, culture and violence in the country

The Guardian - UK

The best recent poetry – review roundup

Rapture’s Road by Seán Hewitt; God Complex by Rachael Allen; How Fire Descends by Serhiy Zhadan; The Many Hundreds of the Scent by Shane McCrae; Eleanor Among the Saints by Rachel Mann

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‘It’s a golden age’: poetry flourishes in Ukraine – but at a terrible price

Conflict has changed Ukrainian poetry, and readings are popular, but several poets have died or disappeared

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Elena Ferrante and Marian Keyes among authors competing in Eurovision book contest

As musicians prepare for the Eurovision song contest on Saturday, entries for its literary counterpart have been announced

The Guardian - UK

Pushkin must fall: monuments to Russia’s national poet under threat in Ukraine

Since last February’s invasion more than 30 statues of the 19th-century poet seen as a symbol for tsarist imperialism have been dismantled

The Guardian - UK

Who is Serhiy Zhadan? Helen Mirren reads his poem Take Only What Is Most Important at Ukraine war vigil

Zhadan has written countless poems and books based on his hometown in Ukraine.

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Helen Mirren tears up reciting war poem by Ukrainian writer at vigil

Oscar-winng actress recites war poem by celebrated Ukrainian author

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For Ukrainians, poetry isn’t a luxury, it’s a necessity during war

Poetry is fulfilling a very human need – to make sense of the senseless and tell their stories, says the Guardian’s chief culture writer Charlotte Higgins

The Guardian - UK

‘Everything has gone’: liberated Ukrainians on rebuilding Kharkiv

After months of terror and death, residents pick up the pieces of their former life in frontline Saltivka

The Guardian - UK

Ukraine's punk poet sees victory for 'transformed' homeland

Kyiv (Ukraine) (AFP) - Six months on from the start of the war, writer Serhiy Zhadan believes that Ukraine will win against Russia thanks to the courage and extraordinary mobilisation of its citizens.

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