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Nucleus: A poet’s lyrical journey from Ukraine to Canada
Svetlana Ischenko tackles the creative tension between her identity as a Ukrainian poet, with deeply Ukrainian sensibilities, and that of an immigrant poet enthused by her adopted country.In Nucleus readers will see through a Ukrainian immigrant’s eyes as she looks back at the land and traditions of her original country. This collection illuminates Ischenko’s poetic transformation, from a heroic crown of sonnets to freer, lyrical pieces, but all within the dynamic of Ukrainian and Canadian subject matter and sensibilities. A powerful collection, made even more profound in light of recent events in Ukraine.
Nucleus includes a fascinating introductory essay that explores the immigrant’s translation of self in a new country.
Nucleus includes a fascinating introductory essay that explores the immigrant’s translation of self in a new country.
- GenresPoetry
85 pages, Kindle Edition
Published March 12, 2024
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April 8, 2024
3/5
This was different from the poetry I've been reading. I did enjoy that feeling.
I liked her introduction, it was nice to hear how she works with her ideas and how she views herself along with her work.
I'll always have issues with how much white space is around poetry. Some poems were long but only held one stanza per page, it would have been nice to see two per page, but alas, it's the poetry industry. With the longer poems, I would like a verse or stanza, but rarely the entire piece. With the shorter poems near the end, I found I enjoyed them entirely more often than only a verse or two.
The way Ischenko captures landscape, both Canadian and Ukranian, is beautiful. I appreciated the use of her first language, I wish there was more! It's something I've loved from a lot of the Indigenous poets I've been reading.
It would be really interesting to see a bilingual collection as she said she writes in Ukranian and then will put it into English. I've always been fond of books that have both side by side, even if I can't read/understand them. Poetry is hard to translate, so I think it's so beautiful to have both.
Overall, a wonderful collection that I will happily point out to people.
This was different from the poetry I've been reading. I did enjoy that feeling.
I liked her introduction, it was nice to hear how she works with her ideas and how she views herself along with her work.
I'll always have issues with how much white space is around poetry. Some poems were long but only held one stanza per page, it would have been nice to see two per page, but alas, it's the poetry industry. With the longer poems, I would like a verse or stanza, but rarely the entire piece. With the shorter poems near the end, I found I enjoyed them entirely more often than only a verse or two.
The way Ischenko captures landscape, both Canadian and Ukranian, is beautiful. I appreciated the use of her first language, I wish there was more! It's something I've loved from a lot of the Indigenous poets I've been reading.
It would be really interesting to see a bilingual collection as she said she writes in Ukranian and then will put it into English. I've always been fond of books that have both side by side, even if I can't read/understand them. Poetry is hard to translate, so I think it's so beautiful to have both.
Overall, a wonderful collection that I will happily point out to people.
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