"Through a compassionate gaze and precise language, the poet shapes the unspeakable, creating not only a chronicle of a nation's suffering but a testament to its strength. This is a vital, urgent work that ensures Ukraine's story is heard in every line, each word a pulse in the larger, undying heart of its people."-Alberto Ríos
"In fragmented, imagistic lines as sharp as shrapnel, Moysaenko, a Ukrainian American, personalizes war's unrelenting erosion of human hope for a better future. . . . Like the poets Ilya Kaminsky and Mosab Abu Toha, Moysaenko writes of current realities with an urgency and candor that demand attention."
Library Journal, starred review
"This is a poet whose life, hope, art, dual heritages, and emotional empathy have not yet been fully overtaken. By never surrendering his poetic vision, as difficult and complex as it is, he endures as well as his country."
