Surveying the Front Lines: Real and Predicted

Library Chat: Nikita Grigorov and Luke Mogelson

Ukrainian journalist Nikita Grigorov asks New Yorker war correspondent Luke Mogelson about the specifics of working on the Russian-Ukrainian war, the differences between this war and other wars of the 21st century, the post-election future of the United States, as well as his own literary ambitions and journalistic ethics.

Nikita Grigorov

Born in Donetsk in 1994, Nikita Grigorov moved in 2014 to Kyiv. He majored in Eastern European Studies at Taras Shevchenko National University Kyiv and attended Charles University in Prague. His work as a journalist has appeared in Ukrainian and foreign media as well as in literary anthologies. He is also the author of scripts for independent films and short plays. Together with Veniamin Belyavsky, he contributed to, translated, and edited an anthology of Ukrainian writers from Donbas Порода (“Breed”).

Luke Mogelson

Luke Mogelson is an American journalist. He has contributed to The New Yorker and New York Times Magazine, covering the wars in Ukraine, Afghanistan, Syria, and Iraq, as well as Minneapolis after the murder of George Floyd and the January 6th attack on the Capitol.

MORE CAHIERS

A Sociocultural Study of the Fashion Industry in Papua New Guinea
Paige West
DECEMBER 18, 2025
Belarusian Resistance
Hanna Liubakova
OCTOBER 13, 2025
Between Care and Writing
Atelier Episode with Will Harris
AUGUST 12, 2025
Sound Painting and Other Ways of Hearing
Atelier Episode with Peter Susser
AUGUST 5, 2025
Voglio Vivere Una Favola
Annie Ernaux et Thomas Dodman
JULY 23, 2025
The Past is Present
Library Chat: Anocha Suwichakornpong and Mae Ngai
JULY 21, 2025
Library Chat: David Sulzer and Daniel Levin Becker
Library Chat: David Sulzer and Daniel Levin Becker
JULY 16, 2025
Between Words
Library Chat: Laia Jufresa and Daniel Levin Becker
JULY 15, 2025
Library Chat: Nick Nesbitt and Jana Ndiaye Berankova
JULY 14, 2025
Rescuing Beauty
Library Chat: Will Harris and Haman Mpadire
JULY 2, 2025
We use cookies to enhance your experience of visiting this website. Find out more.
REJECT