Clarissa's Blog

I’ve spent all day writing an article for this Ukrainian literary outlet that wants to publish my stuff. And it’s so hard to write because everybody on there writes a very sophisticated form of Ukrainian while I barely learned to write the regular kind very recently. I did 2,000 words, and there are exactly 2 fancy sentences in there, which took everything I’ve got.

I’m also being invited to give a talk at the conference of the Ukrainian National Museum of Literature because the organizers think I can elevate their event. I don’t know who they are confusing me with because – and this is no false modesty but simple self-awareness – I can do many things but I can’t elevate anything. Nor do I particularly want to.

I’m very much enjoying all of it but I wish I had spent more time preparing for this new role.