Substacks recommended by Dr Sasha Dovzhyk | Ukrainian Killjoy Dispatch

Recommended by Dr Sasha Dovzhyk

This is where I lay my words bare—on history, politics, culture, and my journey through cancer. I invite you to this space where vulnerability turns into strength.

Svelte Lectures

By Dickon Edwards

Arts, books, camp modernism.

A dyspraxic dandy, an undervalued culture writer, an icon of camp.

- Dr Sasha Dovzhyk

russian colonialism 101.

By maksym eristavi

the first and only newsletter expanding russian colonialism awareness from the russian colonialism storyteller-in-chief.

a Kind of Refugee

By Larissa Babij

a newsletter from Ukraine about the sounds of explosions, and dancing between flight and fight

KHARPP | ХАРПП

By Ada Wordsworth

Updates on KHARPP's work in Ukraine.

After empire: Reconfiguring Eastern Europe

By Franziska Davies

A historian's view on East (Central) Europe. I write mostly about Ukraine and the legacies of Russian-German colonialism.

A Ukrainian writer in London

By Kateryna Babkina

Kateryna Babkina, trying her best writing in English.

A fascinating Ukrainian fiction writer and poet with whom you can now engage in English

- Dr Sasha Dovzhyk

The Elif Life

By Elif Batuman

Dispatches from the author of The Idiot

Apocalypse, but work

It's an apocalypse, but I'm staying professional. Kyiv-based writer and acquisition editor for a Boston publisher. Ph.D candidate in Literature navigating war with dark humor and the occasional profanity. Sincerely yours and still alive, Mariia

A glimpse into the daily life of Ukrainians in Kyiv during Russia's full-scale invasion, from the perspective of a multi-talented writer, editor, and kindred spirit.

- Dr Sasha Dovzhyk

Terrell J Starr Official

By Terrell Starr

I report about the war in Ukraine and share interesting stories from around the world.

Thinking about...

By Timothy Snyder

Opening the future by understanding the past.

Uilleam Blacker