Books

lovenotes to a deadbeat parent by Sergiy Pustogarov is an unfiltered exploration of absence and longing. The poems confront emotions such as anger and tenderness with honesty, revealing the complexities of love amid neglect and the impact of abandonment on survival and memory.

With Love, They/Them is an intimate collection by Sergiy Pustogarov that explores gender, affection, grief, and survival. The poems emphasize tenderness as resistance, presenting a precise and emotionally open voice. This work affirms love as practice, addressing the complexities of identity and experience.

Broken Taillights is a collection shaped by aftermath. These poems explore fracture, distance, and reckoning, capturing lives that persist despite cracks. With precise language, they reflect on loss, guilt, and resilience, offering a meditation on survival and the courage of remaining visible.

The Rising is a powerful collection by Sergiy Abelson that explores transformation under pressure. Through themes of grief, rage, love, and political awakening, it emphasizes clarity over triumph, serving as a testament to survival and self-reinvention in a world that often prefers silence.

Back Through the Waters is a collection by Sergei Abelson that explores memory, displacement, and the body with grace. The poems reflect on returning to oneself while navigating language and survival, offering intimate and politically aware work that invites readers to engage thoughtfully with their experiences.