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SUMMARY:What We Defend: Poetry and Conversation with Yaryna Chornohuz
LOCATION:Max Kade Center for German-American Studies
DESCRIPTION:You are invited Monday November 9 at 5:00pm to a reading and d
 iscussion with Ukrainian poet Yaryna Chornohuz. The event will take place
  at the Max Kade Center for German-American Studies (1134 w. 11th st.).\n
 \nJoin Ukrainian poet and soldier Yaryna Chornohuz for readings from Nobo
 dy’s Saffron and [dasein: defence of presence]\, both translated by Ameli
 a Glaser\, and a conversation about the meeting of the ordinary and the e
 xtraordinary in wartime\, the possibilities of poetic language\, and how 
 writing to comrades\, to a daughter\, and to future readers gives these p
 oems their intimate form.\n\nBorn in Kyiv\, Ukraine\, Yaryna Chornohuz is
  a writer\, a poet\, and a sergeant in the Ukrainian Marine Corps. She fi
 rst volunteered for Ukraine's defense effort in 2019 as a combat medic. S
 he later joined the Marines and retrained as a drone pilot. As a service 
 member\, she has been awarded the medals For Saving a Life\, For Military
  Service to Ukraine\, and the Badge of Honor of the Ministry of Defence o
 f Ukraine. Chornohuz is the author of three poetry collections – How the 
 War Circle Bends (2020)\, [dasein: defense of presence] (2023)\, and Nobo
 dy’s Saffron (2025). Her first nonfiction book\, documenting six years of
  her experience as a female combatant in Russia's war against Ukraine\, i
 s forthcoming in Ukrainian. She was awarded Ukraine's highest literary di
 stinction\, the Taras Shevchenko National Prize (2024)\, for [dasein: def
 ense of presence]\, as well as the UN Women in Arts Award (2024). Her poe
 tr\n\nhttp://next-to-u.app/events/74f19318-f30d-4306-9bb6-ae831476306c
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