LIFE AND LEGENDS
A Silent River Film and Literary Society journal
www.silentriverfilmandliterarysociety.org
Life and Legends – Twelfth Edition
Published: July 15, 2022
Irvine, CA, USA
Editor-in-Chief
Kalpna Singh-Chitnis
Associate Editors
Lopa Banerjee
Megha Sood
Cover Art
Silent River
Cover Photo
Vitalii Odobesku
EDITORIAL
Life and Legends: Ukrainian Poetry on War, Resistance and More
by Kalpna Singh-Chitnis
SPECIAL FEATURES
A Poet, Comrade and Humanist: An Interview of Richard Modiano by Kalpna Singh-Chitnis
Poetry of Serhiy Zhadan: Translated by Kalpna Singh-Chitnis
FICTION
The Flower Lady by Jonathan B. Ferrini
UKRAINIAN POETRY OF WAR AND RESISTANCE
Ukrainian Poetry in English
Julia Kolchinsky Dasbach
Olena Jennings
Olga Livshin
Ukrainian Poetry in Translation
Anatoliy Anatoliy: Translated by Olena O’Lear
Stanislav Belsky: Translated by Valentina Meloni
Olga Bragina: Translated by Mark Wingrave
Victoria Feshchuk: translated by Victoria Feshchuk
Daryna Gladun: Translated by Lesyk Panasiuk and Daryna Gladun
Olha Kalinina: Translated by Ella Yevtushenko and Artemii Kalinin
Iya Kiva: Translated by Yuliya Musakovska
Oleksandr Kozynets: Translated by Anhelina Oliinyk
Yuliya Musakovska: Translated by Olena Jennings and Yuliya Musakovska
Oleksandr Mymruk: Translated by Ella Yevtushenko
Vitalii Naida: Translated by Olena Stativka
Olena O’Lear: Translated by Olena O’Lear
Lesyk Panasiuk: Translated by Daryna Gladun and Lesyk Panasiuk
Serhii Rubnikovych: Translated by Ella Yevtushenko and Artemii Kalinin
Olena Tereshchenko: Translated by Olena Tereshchenko
Volodymyr Tymchuk: Translated by Olena O’lear
Ella Yevtushenko: Translated by Ella Yevtushenko
Mykhailo Zharzhailo: Translated by R.B. Lemberg
POETRY
Jaya Avendel
Catherine A. Coundjeris
Cyril Dabydeen
Candice Louisa Daquin
Julie A. Dickson
Robert Gibbons
D. R. James
Yuri Kageyama
Peycho Kanev
Layla Lenhardt
Hiram Larew
Carrie Magness Radna
Devika Mathur
Richard Modiano
Beth Morris
Martina Reisz Newberry
Zev Torres
Bruce E. Whitacre
BOOK REVIEWS
Alleys Are Filled with Future Alphabets: Selected Poems by Gopal Lahiri
Reviewed by Meenakshi Mohan
Chambal Revisited by Nabanita Sengupta
Reviewed by Dr. Sutanuka Ghosh Roy
WALK WITH ME
Bhanusingher Padabali: Rabindranath Tagore
Translated from the Original Bengali by Lopamudra Banerjee
