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Reading in Emigration

“I have never felt detached from my homeland. Or this “when will I see my native birches again” – what the f**k are birches?” Part 2

“And, of course, I write about those I’ve met. I myself am a “marginal”, I myself am a “drug addict”, “traitor to the motherland”. So I am close to such people and stories”. Part 1

“You write it down, and the text takes on a life of its own”

“I think I’ve always written. It’s a very natural way for me to think about the world and fix myself in it”

“I think that in peacetime poetry doesn’t have much influence, and even less in wartime. It’s all about how much stronger and smarter your army is than the enemy’s”

“The legends say that relatives dreamed of the deceased who asked them to untie his legs…”

“I believe that it is necessary not only to translate books of world literature into Belarusian, but also to translate Belarusian literature into other languages”

“The main problem of modern Belarusian literature is, ideologization of literature, as well as russification, development of literature in Russian and marginalization of Belarusian-language literature”.

“I grew up, lived, and went to school in Opol. I don’t know how to explain to you quickly what it is to live in the village”. Interview with Olya from Opol.