Eric Hounshell

A sad birthday for me today: the National Endowment for the Humanities (@NEHgov) has terminated our grant for publishing Ukrainian literature in English translation effective immediately. This was the first such federal grant we received for our publications in 40+ years. Per the letter, "NEH has reasonable cause to terminate your grant in light of the fact that the NEH is repurposing its funding allocations in a new direction in furtherance of the President’s agenda." Since the launch of the series 3.5 years ago, we managed to bring out 14 volumes of outstanding Ukrainian literature in translation. We will continue doing what we can to the best of our ability given the resources that we have. But—over three years into russia's war—it will be a lot more difficult, as the entire publications team consists only of me and one editor. We were hoping to hire another part-time editor to help us with the workload, but that won't be possible anymore. If you would like to help at this difficult time, please consider one of the following: 1. Donate yourself if you can: see the link in the next post of the thread. 2. If your company/employer has a social responsibility program, invite them to support our work at this time—they can contact me for details. 3. If you know someone who is wealthy enough to meaningfully support us, please ask them to do so—I'd be happy to talk about this with them. 4. Buy our books for yourself, your friends, family, or colleagues—see the link in the next post of the thread. 5. Invite your local public or university library to buy our books. Thank you to all who have stood with us—and with Ukraine—through thick and thin. @HURI_Harvard @Harvard_Press #HURIBooks #UkrainianCulture #UkrainianLiterature FYI: @razomforukraine, @UnitedHelpUA, @unwlacya, @thehucus, @novaukraine, @ShevchenkoSoc, @UKRintheUSA, @OMarkarova, @MFA_Ukraine, @MCSCUkraine, @MON_UKRAINE, @UA_Institute, @UABookInstitute, @U24_gov_ua, @ZelenskaUA, @Zelenska_FND, @APUkraine, @ZelenskyyUa Friends in the media, the world should know about this: @pravda_eng, @ukrpravda_full, @ukrpravda_news, @KyivIndependent, @BBC_ua, @cnni, @CNN, @nytimes, @nytimesbooks, @nytimesarts, @nytimesworld, @washingtonpost, @TheAtlantic, @BostonGlobe, @MSNBC, @LAReviewofBooks, @nybooks, @NewYorker, @LondonReview, @chronicle, @insidehighered, @nprbooks, @NPRBookClub, @NPR, @nprpolitics, @NewsHour, @pbsbooks