80. Ukrainian Poet Lesya Ukrainka’s The Forest Song
In today’s mini episode, 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
Looking for Trouble by Virginia Cowles
Lost Ladies of Lit episode on Virginia Cowles’ Looking for Trouble
Invisible Battalion (2017 documentary)
“Ukraine Isn’t Part of Little Russia” (KCRW)
Dead Poets Society (1989 film)