Megan Buskey

Biography

Megan Buskey is the author of Ukraine Is Not Dead Yet: A Family Story of Exile and Return (ibidem, 2023). A former Fulbright fellow to Ukraine, she has written for the American Scholar, the Atlantic, and n+1.

See Work

PHOTOGRAPHY / Fall 2023

Oselyata

Photography by Robin Alysha Clemens ,  Essay by Megan Buskey

In a western Ukrainian town, a homeless community that served people for decades has taken on new meaning during the war.

Oselya residents Sasha (left), Sasha (center), and Ludvig (right). 2023.
#VQRTRUESTORY / Winter 2022

Liskuvate’s Exiles

By Megan Buskey

On June 17, 1951, natives of the Ukrainian village Liskuvate began parting ways with everything they’d ever known. Earlier that year, the Soviet Union put a plan in motion to acquire Polish land that held valuable coal deposits.