Hiatus Replay: Ukrainian Poet Lesya Ukrainka’s The Forest Song

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In this week's hiatus replay, we’re focusing on one of Ukraine’s best-known poets and playwrights, Laryssa Kosach, who wrote under the pen name Lesya Ukrainka. Her play The Forest Song is a masterpiece of Ukrainian drama. 

Discussed in this episode: 

The Forest Song by Lesya Ukrainka

Looking for Trouble by Virginia Cowles

Lost Ladies of Lit episode on Virginia Cowles’ Looking for Trouble 

Invisible Battalion (2017 documentary)

“Ukraine Isn’t Part of Little Russia” (KCRW) 

Executed Renaissance

Dead Poets Society (1989 film)

A Midsummer Night’s Dream by William Shakespeare

Pan’s Labyrinth (2006 film)

“Contra Spem Spero” by Lesya Ukrainka

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