Olena Kalytiak Davis is a poet whose work delves into the depths of the human soul and the intricacies of relationships. She employs unconventional forms and a distinctive voice to capture raw emotion and introspective thought. Her style is both searing and tender, revealing the beauty and pain of existence with unflinching honesty. As a first-generation Ukrainian-American, Davis infuses her writing with a unique perspective, enriching her exploration of identity and belonging.
Davis's poems are empowering and vulnerable, honest andembodied. In Late Summer Ode, Olena Kalytiak Davis writes froma heightened state of ambivalence, perched between past and present tensions.With Chekovian humor and metered pathos, from a garden in Anchorage not piningfor Brooklyn, these poems "self -protest, -process, -recede." Davis is aconductor of sound and meaning, precise to the syllable: a commanding talent incontemporary poetry.