Encounters: Poems from Ukraine and Poland (A More Spacious Form: New Editions of Modern Polish Poetry)

The anthology of poetry which we present here to readers of English bears witness to the enduring cultural community that has existed between Ukraine and Poland for centuries and which now has the occasion to grow even stronger. The book contains poetry from men and women of different generations and poetics. It is not an anthology of war poetry, although verse documenting the tragedy of Ukraine and her heroic defense occupy a special place within it. Different poetic idioms, creative personalities, life experiences, and perspectives on literature meet in this work to create a rich and many-colored picture of a literary world caught in the midst of some of the most important political events of our time.

The poets featured in this collection are among the most interesting and most important poets of recent decades.There are nine Poles:

-Justyna Bargielska
-Artur Grabowski,
-Roman Honet
-Wojciech Kass
-Krzysztof Koehler
-Jan Polkowski
-Dariusz Suska
-Janusz Szuber
-Mirka Szychowiak

and eight Ukrainians

-Natalia Belchenko
-Halyna Kruk
-Myroslav Laiuk
-Olesia Mamchych
-Iryna Shuvalova
-Yury Zavadsky
-Serhiy Zhadan

It features translations by:
-Patrick John Corness
-Charles S. Kraszewski
-Amelia Glaser and Yuliya Ilchuk
-Yuliya Musakovska
-Les Wicks

While all have seen their work translated into foreign languages, all poems included in this collection appear in English for the first time.