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@huribooks.bsky.social was created in a unique grassroots effort of the Ukrainian American community to support research and publications on Ukraine’s history, culture, and society. Join them today by reading your first book from Ukraine! #huribooks #ukrainianliterature
New on Nash Holos: a look inside the Harvard Ukrainian Research Institute and how its work shapes global understanding of Ukraine.
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Inside HURI with Dr. Oleg Kotsuba on how Harvard’s Ukrainian Research Institute shapes global understanding of Ukraine. 🎧 shows.acast.com/nashholos/ep...
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Celebrate National Novel Writing Month with HURI Books:
Cecil the Lion Had to Die by Olena Stiazhkina—memory, resistance.
Love Life by Oksana Lutsyshyna—gender, trauma, transformation.
The Length of Days by Volodymyr Rafeyenko—satire, exile, surrealism.
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On #VeteransDay, we honor American heroes who have defended freedom across the world—including those who’ve stood with Ukraine in its darkest hours. Your courage, solidarity, and sacrifice remind us that liberty is a shared responsibility.
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Celebrate #NaNoWriMo with Ukrainian novels from HURI Books: 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘊𝘪𝘵𝘺, 𝘌𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘩 𝘎𝘰𝘥𝘴, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘔𝘰𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘯—unforgettable journeys through war, memory, and nature.
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So glad to see this important work highlighted! We reviewed The Battle for Ukrainian on Nash Holos back in 2022: www.nashholos.com/knyzka-corne... #TheBattleForUkrainian #HURIBooks #UkrainianLanguageDay #NashHolos #UkrainianLiterature
🍂 As the nights grow longer, ancient visions of the afterlife come into focus. This #Halloween, explore The World to Come—a timeless catalog of 80+ Last Judgment icons from Ukraine, eastern Slovakia, and southeastern Poland.
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Valentyna Savchyn will reveal how Soviet bilingual dictionaries subtly reshaped Ukrainian—tools of russification masked as “neutral” reference works. Her talk shows how lexicographers resisted erasure through language.
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At the launch of Volodymyr Rafeyenko’s new book, Maryna Baydyuk (United Help Ukraine) reminded us: culture is essential. We also revealed our next release—Myroslav #Laiuk’s THE WORLD IS NOT MADE, translated by Ali Kinsella. Coming fall 2026.
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We’re thrilled to publish Myroslav #Laiuk’s THE WORLD IS NOT MADE, translated by Ali Kinsella—thanks to United Help Ukraine. A sweeping Ukrainian saga of art, memory, and resistance. Coming fall 2026.
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Thanks to United Help Ukraine’s visionary support, we launched Volodymyr Rafeyenko’s 𝘚𝘐𝘎𝘕𝘈𝘓𝘚 𝘖𝘍 𝘉𝘌𝘐𝘕𝘎, translated by Mark Andryczyk, on Oct 15, 2025, at the Ukrainian Research Institute, Harvard University.
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📚We are excited to share a selection of the most ordered books in September.
Thank you for reading with us and supporting Ukraine! 💙💛
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📘 Official launch of Stalin’s Liquidation Game by Filip Slaveski & Yurii Shapoval! A gripping story of Oleksandr Shumskyi’s defiance under Stalin.
📚 Published by Harvard Ukrainian Research Institute
👉 Available on all major platforms & local independent bookstores.
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A powerful reading list from Nelly Klos, Lviv Book Forum 2025, spotlighting Ukraine’s fight and spirit. Honored to see our translated titles included. #HURIBooks #UkrainianLiterature @harvard.edu @lithub.com.web.brid.gy
#IndigenousPeoplesDay honors the first stewards of the land—and resists erasure. In Ukraine, we uplift the Hutsuls, Crimean Tatars, and steppe peoples. Explore their stories through powerful reads. Let’s honor, learn, and amplify.
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#BannedBooksWeek stands for the freedom to read. For Ukrainians, censorship ("цензура") has spanned centuries—from imperial bans to Stalin’s terror, and today russia continues the pattern by burning libraries, banning Ukrainian books, and branding authors “extremists.”
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Each HURI book is available as an eBook—ready to read anytime, anywhere. Since 2018, we’ve made Ukrainian literature and research more accessible online.
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Since 1940, the first Sunday in October marks #NationalNewspaperWeek—honoring the power of print to inform, unite, and preserve. For the Ukrainian diaspora, these papers are cultural lifelines. Thank you to all who keep our stories alive. #HURIBooks #UkrainianLiterature @harvard.edu
🍁 It’s #MysterySeriesWeek—celebrating the secrets and suspense that keep us reading past midnight. From HURI Books: The Length of Days by Rafeyenko and Earth Gods by Prokhasko—two genre-defying Ukrainian novels full of mystery, depth, and quiet revelation. #HURIBooks #UkrainianLiterature
On September 29–30, 1941, nearly 34,000 Jews were murdered at Babyn Yar in Kyiv. That wound still echoes. At #HURIBooks, that echo speaks through #MariannaKiyanovska ’s #TheVoicesofBabynYar and #𝘉𝘢𝘣𝘺𝘯𝘠𝘢𝘳: 𝘜𝘬𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘢𝘯 𝘗𝘰𝘦𝘵𝘴 𝘙𝘦𝘴𝘱𝘰𝘯𝘥, edited by #OstapKin.
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Libraries are gateways to knowledge—but Ukrainian books are often missing. This #NationalLibraryCardSignUpMonth, help change that: recommend or donate a HURI title to your local library. Let’s make Ukrainian stories part of every shelf. #HURIBooks #UkrainianLiterature @harvard.edu
Join us Sept 24, 5–6:30 PM ET for a book talk on EARTH GODS by Taras Prokhasko—meditative tales from Ukraine’s Carpathians. In-person & online. Speakers: Kinsella, Andryczyk, Blacker. Moderator: Oleh Kotsyuba. #UkrainianLiterature #EarthGods #HURIBooks
Your August Book Preferences Are Here!
These are the titles you loved most last month—thank you for reading with us, supporting Ukraine, and fostering a community of curious minds.
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Today marks 169 years since the birth of Ivan #Franko — poet, philosopher, and nation-builder. Explore his legacy in Yaroslav #Hrytsak’s Ivan Franko and His Community, published by #HURIBooks, Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies, and Academic Studies Press. #UkrainianCulture @harvard.edu
We are happy to have books recommended by Kyiv Independent on our website books.huri.harvard.edu
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What does it mean to exist—and be remembered? In EARTH GODS, Taras #Prokhasko explores new forms of storytelling. Featuring ANNA'S OTHER DAYS, FM GALICIA, and THE UNSIMPLE, this volume is a revelation of #Ukrainian literary depth. #EarthGods #TarasProkhasko #HURIBooks #Ukraine @harvard.edu
Today, August 24, #Ukraine marks Independence Day—a journey of struggle for dignity and sovereignty. At #HURIBooks, we honor those who shaped our history and defend it now. Every book is a voice of freedom. Every word is an act of resilience. Happy birthday, Ukraine! #UkrainianIndependenceDay
Russia has long tried to erase Ukrainian identity. Marxist Oleksandr #Shumskyi resisted from within the #Soviet machine—paralyzed, tortured, yet unbroken. His story echoes in today’s fight for freedom. This new book sheds light on his legacy. #HURIBooks #Ukraine #UkrainianHistory
#Ukrainian journalist Stanislav #Aseyev spent nearly 3 years in captivity at a torture camp known as #Izolyatsiya in Russian-occupied #Donetsk. His memoir THE TORTURE CAMP ON PARADISE STREET reveals #Russia's crimes and the resilience needed to survive under inhumane conditions. #HURIBooks
