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 (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Forest_Song)
Looking for Trouble by Virginia Cowles (amazon.com/Looking-Trouble-Virginia-Cowles/dp/…)
Lost Ladies of Lit episode on Virginia Cowles’ Looking for Trouble (lostladiesoflit.com/podcast/67-virginia-cowles…)
Invisible Battalion (2017 documentary) (invisiblebattalion.org/en/invisbat-2)
“Ukraine Isn’t Part of Little Russia” (KCRW) (kcrw.com/news/shows/greater-la/rent-russia/ukr…)
Executed Renaissance (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Executed_Renaissance)
Dead Poets Society (1989 film) (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dead_Poets_Society)
A Midsummer Night’s Dream by William Shakespeare (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Midsummer_Night%27s_Dr…)
Pan’s Labyrinth (2006 film) (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pan%27s_Labyrinth)
“Contra Spem Spero” by Lesya Ukrainka (allpoetry.com/poem/5800603-Lesya_Ukrainka__tra…)
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