Still City: A Diary of an Invasion by Oksana Maksymchuk Maria Taylor " —Andrés Sánchez Robayna

" —Andrés Sánchez Robayna

past and present – their endurance and achievements

Nine-year-old Ira-Abel Rawles lives on Hook Farm in the village of Underwhelm

Many of the poems were written during a period of retreat along Ireland’s south-west coast

and was followed by The Blue Den (2012)

Still City: A Diary of an Invasion by Oksana Maksymchuk Maria Taylor " —Andrés Sánchez RobaynaThe 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