Kate Tsurkan

Kate Tsurkan is the founding editor of Apofenie magazine.

Articles

A Beautiful, Diverse Country: On Artem Chapeye’s “The Ukraine”
Kate Tsurkan reviews Artem Chapeye’s “The Ukraine.”
Kate TsurkanFeb 8, 2024
- Nonfiction
Reading with the Children of War: A Conversation with Khrystia Vengryniuk
Kate Tsurkan interviews Khrystia Vengryniuk.
Kate TsurkanOct 6, 2023
- Politics
What Is the Secret of Chernivtsi?: A Conversation with Ihor Pomerantsev
Kate Tsurkan speaks with Ihor Pomerantsev about the literary vitality of Ukraine and the value of poetry during wartime.
Kate TsurkanDec 26, 2022
- Around the World
- Poetry
“Writers Are the Middlemen Between the Human Race and Immortality”: A Conversation with Yuri Andrukhovych
Ukrainian author Yuri Andrukhovych speaks with Kate Tsurkan about his latest novel, “Radio Night.”
Kate TsurkanJul 26, 2022
- Around the World
Where Coca-Cola Is Synonymous with Freedom: On Margarita Gokun Silver’s “I Named My Dog Pushkin (And Other Immigrant Tales)”
Kate Tsurkan journeys through Margarita Gokun Silver’s “I Named My Dog Pushkin (And Other Immigrant Tales): Notes from a Soviet Girl on Becoming an American Woman.”
Kate TsurkanNov 20, 2021
- Memoir & Essay
Violence and Hope in Ukraine: Stanislav Aseyev’s “The Torture Camp on Paradise Street”
Stanislav Aseyev reflects on his time as a prisoner of separatist forces in an excerpt from his new book, “The Torture Camp on Paradise Street,” and in an interview with Kate Tsurkan.
Kate Tsurkan, Stanislav AseyevSep 26, 2021
- Around the World
The So-Called Greatest Country in the World
A hilarious satire about a mail-order-bride service, a stolen Egon Schiele painting, and an epic collision between the worlds of Santa Barbara and Moldova.
Kate TsurkanJun 3, 2021
- Fiction
The Soul of Post-Maidan Ukraine: On Andriy Lyubka’s “Carbide” and Oleg Sentsov’s “Life Went on Anyway: Stories”
Kate Tsurkan explores the post-Maidan prose of Andriy Lyubka and Oleg Sentsov.
Kate TsurkanJan 7, 2021
- Around the World
- Fiction