Your Presence is Mandatory: A New Lens on Ukraine War

Sasha Vasilyuk, a New York Times-featured journalist who grew up between Ukraine, Russia, and San Francisco, will share a unique lens on the war in Ukraine as seen through her family and her debut novel Your Presence is Mandatory (Bloomsbury). Spanning from WWII until the Russia-Ukraine conflict, the novel tells the story of a Jewish Ukrainian veteran with a secret. It acts as a historical primer on the current war in Ukraine. Sasha has written about the region for the New York Times, CNN, Time, KQED, Los Angeles Times, USA Today, and others.