Nicole Yurcaba joins Katy Giebenhain for a conversation about identity, assumptions, and Ukrainian writers to start reading right now. A Ukrainian-American Poet and Essayist, Nicole’s book reviews, poems, and essays have appeared in The Atlanta Review, Whiskey Island, Raven Chronicles, Appalachian Heritage, North of Oxford, The Southern Review of Books and elsewhere. She holds an MFA from Lindenwood University. She has been a Writing Resident at Gullkistan Creative Center for the Arts in Iceland, and a Tupelo Press June 2020 “30 for 30 featured poet.” Her poetry collection Triskaidekaphobia is forthcoming this year from the Black Spring Press Group. She teaches poetry workshops for Southern New Hampshire University and works as a career counselor for Blue Ridge Community College. She lives in West Virginia. Links mentioned in the interview: Black Springs Press Group Lost Horse Press   Harvard Ukrainian Research Institute Ukrainian Festival