Andrii Ushytskyi – Season 8, Episode 7

In the season’s penultimate episode, we feature Andrii Ushytskyi, a Kyiv-based writer, dancer, and co-editor of Solomiya, an independent magazine founded in response to Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Ushytskyi begins by reading a short essay by Natalia Ginzburg, “The Son of Man” (Unita, 1946), and then speaks with Sky Goodden about his editorial arc and the responsiveness and faith that stewarding a publication—and writing—through a war has required. He also speaks to how the invasion has changed the nature of his writing, and how, for Ushytskyi, dance has emerged as a form of kinesthetic expression and release.

Thanks to this episode’s sponsors, Rabkin Foundation and Art Toronto, for supporting our work.

Thanks to Andrii Ushytskyi for his contribution to this season.

And our many thanks to Jacob Irish, our editor, and Chris Andrews, for production assistance.