Still City: Diary of an Invasion
| Author | Oksana Maksymchuk |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Genre | Poetry |
| Published | 30 May 2024 (Carcanet); November 2024 (University of Pittsburgh Press) |
| Publisher | Carcanet Press (United Kingdom); University of Pittsburgh Press (United States) |
| Pages | 128 (Carcanet); 136 (University of Pittsburgh Press) |
| ISBN | 978-1-80017-402-3 |
Still City: Diary of an Invasion is a poetry collection by Ukrainian-American poet and translator Oksana Maksymchuk. The book was published in the United Kingdom by Carcanet Press in May 2024 and in the United States by the University of Pittsburgh Press in November 2024.[1]
Review and reception
- Cleveland Review of Books, Chan Schmidt discusses Still City as a work shaped by the experience of war and examines the collection's language, form, and approach to witnessing and documentation.[2]
- In The Guardian review roundup, Philip Terry called it a “poetic diary” of the invasion and commented on its stripped-back style and attention to the textures of wartime daily life.[3]
- In an interview with ''Poetry Northwest'', Maksymchuk discussed writing the book in English and framing the poems as a record of war's effects on culture and language.[4]
Awards
The book was longlisted for the 2025 Griffin Poetry Prize and the 2025 PEN/Voelcker Award for Poetry.[5][6]
Synopsis
The University of Pittsburgh Press describes the collection as moving between lyric poetry and documentary collage, and as drawing on sources including social media posts, news reports, witness accounts, recorded oral histories, photographs, drone footage, intercepted communications, and official documents.[7]
See also
- Oksana Maksymchuk (the author of this book)
References
- ^ Maksymchuk, Oksana (2024-11-05). Still City: Poems. University of Pittsburgh Press. ISBN 978-0-8229-9178-6.
- ^ Schmidt, Michelle Chan (2024-11-19). "How Language Resists War: On Oksana Maksymchuk's "Still City"". Cleveland Review of Books. Retrieved 2026-01-13.
- ^ Terry, Philip (2024-05-31). "The best recent poetry – review roundup". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2026-01-13.
- ^ Singleton, Ian Ross (2025-03-27). "Interview // "War Poesis": A Conversation with Oksana Maksymchuk". Poetry Northwest. Retrieved 2026-01-13.
- ^ 2025 Longlist Announcement, Griffin Poetry Prize, 19 March 2025, retrieved 22 March 2025
- ^ 2025 PEN/Voelcker Award for Poetry Collection Longlist, PEN America, 21 March 2025, retrieved 22 March 2025
- ^ "Still City". University of Pittsburgh Press. Retrieved 2026-01-13.