It is true that I didn't write any poetry between 1995 and 2011. The reason for this was probably because I had stayed away from fiction for so long and couldn't tear myself away from it.
Yuriy TarnawskyExcept for the usual house chores, doing income tax, etc., I am free to write whenever I want.
Yuriy TarnawskyThat is one more reason why I write in English only right now. I prefer writing in the language I hear around me for the people by whom I am surrounded.
Yuriy TarnawskyI've done a lot of going back and forth with my own writing, in particular translating my English language stuff into Ukrainian - poetry as well as prose. But I actually hate doing it. It is a thankless, mind-numbing process, additionally unpleasant for me because it reminds me of my ambiguous status of not belonging anywhere.
Yuriy Tarnawsky