“Take Only What Is Most Important” by Serhiy Zhadan

Ukrainian refugees in Przemyśl, Poland (Mirek Pruchnicki/Flickr)

Amanda Holmes reads Serhiy Zhadan’s poem “Take Only What Is Most Important,” translated by Virlana Tkacz and Wanda Phipps. Have a suggestion for a poem by a (dead) writer? Email us: podcast@theamericanscholar.org. If we select your entry, you’ll win a copy of a poetry collection edited by David Lehman.

This episode was produced by Stephanie Bastek and features the song “Canvasback” by Chad Crouch.

Amanda Holmes, the author of the novel I Know Where I Am When I’m Falling, is a columnist and poetry editor for the Washington Independent Review of Books.