Selected Articles


A review of an exhibition of renowned Ukrainian artist Maria Prymachenko, Commonweal
An interview with Ukrainian writer and soldier Artem Chapeye, Public Books
On the Oselya community for the homeless in Lviv amid war, Virginia Quarterly Review
On glimpses of Ukraine (photo essay), Commonweal
On researching my family history in Ukrainian secret police archives, The Atlantic
On echoes of my grandparents' ordeal in today's deportation of Ukrainians, Boston Globe
On displaced Ukrainians settling in western Ukraine, Virginia Quarterly Review
On visiting a "safe" and "peaceful" part of Ukraine in the midst of Russia's invasion, Catapult
On the plight of Ukrainian refugees in Poland, The American Scholar
On Kyiv's sublime urban spaces (with five Ukrainian experts), The Atlantic
On the anguish of watching Russia invade Ukraine as a Ukrainian-American, The American Scholar
On family ties to Ukraine, then and now, The London Library Magazine/London Library Emerging Writers Anthology
A letter from Kyiv in the midst of the Trump impeachment scandal, The American Scholar
On Ukraine's troubled judiciary, The American Scholar
On Ukraine's 2019 president elections, The Point
On my family's Siberian exile, The American Scholar
On Russian criminal tattoos, The Nation
On the photography of Josef Koudelka, The Nation
On Ukraine's Orange Revolution, n+1

On the Civil War-era history of Washington, D.C., The New Republic
On the history of the U.S. capitol, The New Republic

Various reviews, The New York Times Book Review