Hiatus Replay: Ukrainian Poet Lesya Ukrainka’s The Forest Song

Send us a text In this week"s hiatus replay, 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)  Executed Renaissance Dead Poets Society (1989 film) A Midsummer Night’s Dream by William Shakespeare Pan’s Labyrinth (2006 film) “Contra Spem Spero” by Lesya Ukrainka Support the show For episodes and show notes, visit: LostLadiesofLit.com Discuss episodes on our Facebook Forum. Follow us on instagram @lostladiesoflit. Follow Kim on twitter @kaskew. Sign up for our newsletter: LostLadiesofLit.com Email us: Contact — Lost Ladies of Lit Podcast