{"product_id":"overtakelessness-poems-9781644453834","title":"Overtakelessness: Poems","description":"\u003cp\u003eWinner of the Academy of American Poets First Book Award, selected by Alberto Ríos \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eOvertakelessness\u003c\/i\u003e is a powerful reckoning with war, its ruinous proximity to daily existence and the dissonance of experiencing it from afar. These poems trace the long history and the present circumstance of the ongoing and devastating war in Ukraine, a country whose origins far predate Russia's, despite Moscow's propagandist claims. Through the lens of the Ukrainian diaspora witnessing the current violence from America, Daniel Moysaenko attempts to square a centuries-old motherland with a newly aggrieved contemporary nation. A third country emerges in these poems: one that, though spectral, exists in a perpetual future, \"astounded at what's left of living.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn spare lyrics, prose poems, and ravaged blocks of text, \u003ci\u003eOvertakelessness\u003c\/i\u003e becomes a book of gaps that haunt the spaces between ancient folktales, lost Soviet records, relatives' failing memories, nationalist misinformation, and the rhythms of Ukrainian speech. Many of these poems are collages mediated by technology, the news coverage of bombings, the photos of soldiers shared on social media, the time delays of Zooming with family--the war experienced firsthand and by smartphone, \"its screen a reflective blank, a sky populated by ghosts.\" These gaps and rifts argue, finally, that what cannot be held cannot be seized. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eOvertakelessness\u003c\/i\u003e is a moving and extraordinary debut collection.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Daniel Moysaenko\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Graywolf Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/07\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 96\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.40lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 6.90w x 0.40d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781644453834\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/01\/2026 pg. 61\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDaniel Moysaenko is a Ukrainian American poet, translator, and critic. His work has appeared in \u003ci\u003eHarvard Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Nation\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePoetry\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Poetry Review\u003c\/i\u003e, and elsewhere. He practices law and lives in Ohio's Chagrin Valley.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"booksdeli.com","offers":[{"title":"Daniel Moysaenko \/ Paperback \/ English","offer_id":47834203717789,"sku":"9781644453834","price":29.14,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0619\/5648\/9373\/files\/img_2218e438-1bff-4144-b822-7bcab2a824ac.jpg?v=1776146220","url":"https:\/\/booksdeli.com\/products\/overtakelessness-poems-9781644453834","provider":"booksdeli.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}