Still City: A Diary of an Invasion by Oksana Maksymchuk Helen Mort it is a deeply sensitive

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It just doesn’t involve a camera

Still City: A Diary of an Invasion by Oksana Maksymchuk Helen Mort it is a deeply sensitiveThe poems in this debut English language collection meditate on the changing sense of reality, temporality, mortality, and intimacy in the face of a catastrophic event. While some of the poems have been composed in the months preceding the full scale invasion of the poet's homeland, others have emerged in its wake. Navigating between a chronicle, a chorus, and a collage, Still City reflects the lived experiences of liminality with urgency and