In the Hour of War: Poetry from Ukraine -- Carolyn Forché, Paperback Nicola Cruz to keep you calm

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In the Hour of War: Poetry from Ukraine -- Carolyn Forché, Paperback Nicola Cruz to keep you calmUkraine may be the only country on earth that owes its existence, at least in part, to a poet. Ever since the appearance of Taras Shevchenko's Kobzar in 1840, poetry has played an outsized role in Ukrainian culture. "Our anthology begins: Letters of the alphabet go to war and ends with I am writing and all my people are writing," note the editors of this volume, acclaimed poets Carolyn Forch and Ilya Kaminsky. "It includes poets whose work is known to