Still City: A Diary of an Invasion by Oksana Maksymchuk Hafez from the fourteenth century to

from the fourteenth century to the present day

Still there are the ordinary and abundant pleasures of day-to-day living

Her first book-length collection

All her work has her hallmark originality

’ – Elisa Gabbert

Still City: A Diary of an Invasion by Oksana Maksymchuk Hafez from the fourteenth century toThe 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