Becoming a 1st time author can be emotionally destabilizing. Last 2 weeks have been very 😁/😭. But yesterday I had a total Dream Author Day: spoke at a Rotary Club to raise $$ for Ukraine, signed LOTS of books at the library, and visited Stanford students who’ve loved my book.

A riveting novel, based on real events, about a World War II veteran with a secret that could land him in the Gulag, and his family who are forced to live in the shadow of that secret.

YOUR PRESENCE IS MANDATORY by Sasha Vasilyuk is on shelves now! geni.us/yourpresencema…

As a Jewish soldier in WWII, my grandpa survived against unspeakable odds. Afterward he never talked about the war or about being Jewish. It took me writing a novel about him to understand why. My essay for Jewish Book Council jewishbookcouncil.org/pb-daily/growi… #HolocaustMemorialDay

What an incredibly deep, elegant review!! 🥹

Can’t wait to discuss all things Soviet. RSVP on eventbrite.com/e/sasha-vasily…

Ru has been coercing Ukrainians in occupied territories into accepting Russian citizenship in various egregious.

Following in Gary Shteyngart footsteps to celebrate surviving the book launch more or less intact at Sorella

didn't get a chance to post earlier, but April issue of my newsletter has some great reads, including by Hector Tobar Natalia Sylvester Samantha Mann (she/her) Sheila Sundar Sasha Vasilyuk pranay somayajula 🇵🇸 & more

work from Literary Hub Electric Literature The Rumpus Panorama: The Journal of Travel, Place, and Nature

immigrantstrong.substack.com/p/immigrant-st…

Margaret Margaret Sullivan says Evan Gershkovich was her editorial assistant when she was the The New York Times public editor. He is a journalist and #JournalismIsNotaCrime . We need to #FreeEvan .

Tomorrow at Bay Area’s most gorgeous library with Michael David Lukas

So at last night’s San Francisco book launch, 2 guys showed up because they just came back from Maui where they saw someone reading Your Presence Is Mandatory by the pool… 😱 Thanks to The Booksmith for hosting such an amazing night.

Sasha Vasilyuk’s “Your Presence is Mandatory” explores the ways in which political narratives wreak havoc with our private ones. Going deep with Yael Goldstein-Love: kveller.com/a-ukrainian-je… via @kveller

Looking forward to a conversation tonight 4/30 at The Booksmith in #SanFrancisco with Sasha Vasilyuk about this remarkable novel. See you there?

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YOUR PRESENCE IS MANDATORY tomorrow at Booksmith in SF

Svetlana Satchkova considers Sasha Vasilyuk's new novel: 'It's highly unlikely 'Your Presence is Mandatory' will be published in Russian. Yet Vasilyuk's engagement with uncomfortable truths is chief among many reasons I think it's so important.' lareviewofbooks.org/article/war-pe…

ICYMI timely Literary Hub conversation with first novelist Sasha Vasilyuk

Happy Independent Bookstore Day! And look who my lil’ ninja spotted in the window of Browser Books: “Mama!” #IndependentBookstoreDay

😱 The winter before I started writing my novel, I read & fell in love with amor towles “A Gentleman in Moscow” and now we’re on the same table 😱 What is even happening right now?!? 🥹

Well… damn! via Book Marks 😱🙏