Valya Dudycz Lupescu

Valya Dudycz Lupescu

@valya.bsky.social

Writes about the experience of magic in the world 🇺🇦🇺🇸 Author of The Silence of Trees and Mother Christmas, editor of Embroidered Worlds: Fantastic Fiction from Ukraine and the Diaspora. 🌻

669 Followers 503 Following 159 Posts Joined Jun 2023
2 weeks ago
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De-occupation of Thinking: How to Counter Propaganda in the Occupiers' Textbooks? | UACRISIS.ORG https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4g0Gy2_undo School history as an element of fostering political loyalty among the Russian population, the peculiarities of | Uacrisis.org

De-occupation of Thinking: How to Counter Propaganda in the Occupiers’ Textbooks? #Ukraine

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10 months ago
Cover of The Subtle Art of Folding Space, coming April 7, 2026
Four sets of bamboo steamers going from the top of the cover to the bottom. The top one holds steamed bao. The contents of each steamer below it get progressively more surreal. One has bao with the universe as a filling. The next steamer below it has planets. The last steamer is filled with gear works. Two hands holding red chopsticks reach for the first and third steamer. The Subtle Art of Folding Space, is the exhilarating debut science fiction novel from Nebula and Hugo-winning author John Chu channels unhinged physics, generational trauma, and the comfort of really good dim sum. This isn't your usual jaunt through quantum physics.
Ellie's universe, and this one, is falling apart. Her ailing mother is in a coma; her sister, Chris, accuses her of being insufficiently Taiwanese between assassination attempts; and a shadowy cabal of engineers is trying to hijack the skunkworks, the machinery that keeps the physics of each universe working the way it's supposed to.
Daniel, Ellie's cousin, has found an illicit device in the skunkworks-one that keeps Ellie's comatose mother alive while also creating destabilizing bugs in the physics of this universe. It's not a good day.
If she can confront her mother's legacy and overcome her family's generational trauma, she just might find a way to preserve the skunkworks and reconcile with her sister...but digging into her family's past is thornier than it seems, and the secrets she uncovers will force Ellie to choose between her family and the universe itself.

My novel, The Subtle Art of Folding Space, has a cover!
Read about repairing physics, unreasonable parental expectations, and great Taiwanese food! Out on April 7, 2026. Pre-order now: t.co/0nz8JuNhwf
Art credits: Jacket art by Weston Wei, Jacket Design by Katie Klimowicz.

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2 weeks ago
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A Nationwide Book Ban Bill Has Been Introduced in the House of Representatives Hours after the State of the Union address, House republicans introduced legislation banning LGBTQ+ books from public schools nationwide.

Following the lies and hatred targeting trans folks during the State of the Union Address, numerous republican House representatives introduced a bill that would create A NATIONWIDE BOOK BAN.

Here's what it is and what to do: bookriot.com/hr7661-book-...

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2 weeks ago
Shows 12 sunshines over a map of the Earth, in the Americas, Western Europe, SWANA, Africa, and Asia.

Have you seen the books included in the In Translation Storybundle? @storybundle.bsky.social #BookSky #Translation #Ebooks #BookBundle #StoryBundle

(We think they're super, well, yes we do - our editor curated them.)

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1 month ago

Thank you! 💜

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3 months ago
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Support African Translation Project African Translation Project / We're overdue - let's rally this. / please see - please share / After nine months - let's complete funding for the translation of Zvinobvinza to: The Crocodile Doesn't Hu...

This could be so sweet! Hoping to meet the goal: ko-fi.com/africantrans...

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4 months ago

People who did not grow up here will never understand the tears that just erupted seeing TOM SKILLING's name on this

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4 months ago
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Ballistic missiles, drones strike residential buildings in Kyiv amid large-scale attack on Ukraine Russia launched a large-scale missile and drone attack on Kyiv overnight on Nov. 13-14, launching hundreds of projectiles towards the capital.

⚡️Additional fires, explosions reported in Kyiv amid massive missile, drone attack.

Several explosions were again heard in Kyiv around 1:30 a.m. local time amid reports of additional fires burning at residential buildings in the city.

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4 months ago
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'He left us too soon' — Ukrainian photographer and soldier Huzenko killed in Russian strike in eastern Ukraine Kostiantyn Huzenko, 28, a Kyiv photographer who documented the war and enlisted the 35th Marine Brigade in April 2024, was killed Nov. 1 in a Russian strike in eastern Ukraine, the media outlet Ukrain...

Kostiantyn Huzenko, 28, a Kyiv photographer who documented the war and enlisted the 35th Marine Brigade in April 2024, was killed Nov. 1 in a Russian strike in eastern Ukraine, the media outlet Ukrainer reported.

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5 months ago
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Tony Fitzpatrick, a Chicago artist in many realms, has died at 66 He had recently published a new book, “The Sun at the End of the Road,” filled with his distinctive art, poetry and prose. Some consider it a memoir.

Tremendous loss as Tony Fitzpatrick, a Chicago artist in many realms, has died at 66 www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/11/t...

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5 months ago
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'Missiles, one after another' — 9 injured, outages in Kyiv amid mass Russian attack on energy infrastructure "From the explosions that just occurred — a ballistic missile attack is ongoing. Missiles one after another, air defense is active," Kyiv City Military Administration head Tymur Tkachenko said.

⚡️Update: 'Missiles, one after another' — 9 injured, outages in Kyiv amid mass Russian attack on energy infrastructure.

Russia launched a large-scale drone and missile attack on Kyiv overnight Oct. 10, injuring nine people, causing a residential building fire, and a blackout in the city's left bank.

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5 months ago
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'In every woman, there is a soldier’ – Yaryna Chornohuz, the brave poet fighting Russia Editor's Note: This story was originally published in The Kyiv Independent's first-ever print edition, titled "The Power Within." You can order a copy in our e-store. If there were four women named Y...

"In every woman, there is a soldier."
– Yaryna Chornohuz, poet on the field of battle

Combat medic in the 140th Separate Reconnaissance Battalion of the Ukrainian Marine Corps, giving voice to pain & hope for her country’s future. #ukraine @kyivindependent.com

kyivindependent.com/in-every-wom...

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Ukraine’s Mykola Bazhan (1904-83) had the Midas touch; all his verse turned to gold. This let him survive, barely, Stalin’s slaughter; he could make even Socialist Realism sound good. Yet his portrait of Poland’s Adam Mickiewicz in Odesa shows that he knew what drove true poetry.

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Support African Translation Project African Translation Project; Current Need: $2500 by 22 September - to begin translation of: The World and Its People / Dunia na Watu Wake by Ahmad Simba Mwaita, Translated from Kwswahili - (translator...

The African Translation Project is at 53% !!!

The clock is ticking!! YOU did this! Help them bring it home!

ko-fi.com/africantrans...

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5 months ago
Rally Time, image of judgy clock

$1105 to include translation, Ahmad Simba Mwaita, translated from Kiswahili, explores masculinity through East African family, Paivapo Press, South Africa, woman owned, led

$768 to enable audiobook, Andrew and Alicia: brother-sister narrated, anti-fascist, pro-human, Jewish, cute, comedic, Atthis Arts, Detroit Michigan, woman owned, led

36 minutes - Not giving up!

All eyes on the Kickstarter. Hard limit. Come on. $768. *please*

One big rally post could do it like *snap*.

www.kickstarter.com/projects/att...

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6 months ago
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"Measles and Polio Down in the Schoolyard" - Marsh Family parody of Paul Simon "Me and Julio" on RFK YouTube video by Marsh Family

Here's a short happy-go-lucky 🎶 parody about the way that
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is now collapsing American healthcare - based off #PaulSimon's toe-tapping "Me and Julio Down by the Schoolyard".

youtu.be/FDiXrd-R68U

It's called: "Measles and Polio Down in the Schoolyard."

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6 months ago
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In first for NATO, Poland downs Russian drones amid mass attack on Ukraine as Putin tests Western resolve Polish authorities temporarily closed Warsaw Chopin Airport and placed the country’s air defenses on high alert overnight on Sept. 10, following reports that Russian drones have entered Polish airspac...

As the Polish military confirmed that aerial objects were shot down, the incident marks what is believed to be the first direct engagement by a NATO member against Russian assets in its own airspace since the start of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022.

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6 months ago

"This country and its social contract can fall apart with a quickness, and when it does, remember: There's no one coming to the rescue"

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Hey, an animated version of Weston Wei's delightful cover of my forthcoming novel The Subtle Art of Folding Space.
Off-kilter physics! A deadly family! A decision no one should have to make. Also, a lot of food.
Coming April 7, 2006. Preorder now!
torpublishinggroup.com/the-subtle-a...

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6 months ago
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In every era, songs are an honest mirror of a society’s mood.

So let’s dive into the tracks Ukrainians sang along to just after winning independence—and the freedom to express themselves 👇
🧵 1/11

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6 months ago
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Happy Independence Day to Ukraine!

I interviewed Maksym Butkevych, a brave human rights activist who spent over two years as a POW in Russian captivity. His fight for Ukraine's inclusive future moved me deeply.

Watch our talk Friday on YouTube: Terrell J Starr Official. #ukrainianview

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6 months ago
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European leaders to join Zelenskyy in Washington for meeting with Trump Emmanuel Macron, Friedrich Merz and others will aim to push back against ceding of Ukraine territory in ‘peace plan’

European leaders to join Zelenskyy in Washington for meeting with Trump #Ukraine

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7 months ago
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Goosebumps... Ukrainian Yaroslav Bazylevych shares his story at the rally in support of Ukraine in Munich. Thank you for these important words: "Russia killed my entire family. My wife Yevgenia, my three daughters Yaryna, Daria, and Emilia. 👇

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8 months ago

what they said.

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8 months ago
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Iran-Israel implications for Ukraine | Ukraine This Week

Iran-Israel implications for Ukraine | Ukraine This Week #Ukraine

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9 months ago
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‘Half the tree of life’: ecologists’ horror as nature reserves are emptied of insects A new point in history has been reached, entomologists say, as climate-led species’ collapse moves up the food chain even in supposedly protected regions free of pesticides

“One of our very good friends – he now does not have the emotional courage to hang up a sheet to collect moths at night

It is too devastating to see how few there are”
www.theguardian.com/environment/...

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9 months ago
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Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o, giant of African literature, dies aged 87 Kenyan writer’s death announced by his daughter, who wrote: ‘He lived a full life, fought a good fight’

Rest in peace Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o

www.theguardian.com/books/2025/m...

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9 months ago
A whimsical unicorn looks out over a floral forest, magical towers, and a starry sky. Illustration by Ulla Thynell.

Have you seen our upcoming work? We're so excited!

And yes - it's ✨magical✨ ...

(And devilish, and adventurous, and anti-capitalist... and all made with human love and community.)

Here's what's on the way: 🧵

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9 months ago
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Ukraine-Russia talks in Istanbul end, Moscow demands Kyiv withdraw from 4 regions, no ceasefire agreement Some of Russia's demands include the withdrawal of Ukrainian troops from their own territory as a condition for a ceasefire, an unnamed Ukrainian source told Sky News.

⚡️Ukraine-Russia talks in Istanbul end, Moscow demands Kyiv withdraw from 4 regions, no ceasefire agreement.

"Trump still hopes something can be done," a source in the President’s Office told the Kyiv Independent after the talks concluded.

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9 months ago

U is for Union

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