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Amanda McCrina

Amanda McCrina is a Nashville-based writer of historical fiction. Her novels Traitor and The Silent Unseen explore tensions between the Ukrainian nationalist movement and the Polish government before and during World War II. Find her on Twitter at @amandamccrina.

Munich Again

Amanda McCrina   |  February 24, 2025

If Chamberlain was shortsighted, what are we?

No Cat Is an Island

Amanda McCrina   |  February 11, 2025

In ‘Flow,’ a world that’s almost ours helps us see our own

A Time to Keep Silent

Amanda McCrina   |  January 2, 2025

The social media environment inverts our deepest wisdom

REVIEW: That One Note that Holds Life

Amanda McCrina   |  October 16, 2024

For this composer, creativity and purity walk hand in hand

The Unmysterious Russian Soul

Amanda McCrina   |  May 28, 2024

Westerners are Russocentric—as Ukrainians know all too well

REVIEW: Murder Mystery at the End of the World

Amanda McCrina   |  March 5, 2024

Where does meaning come from when normalcy disappears?

What Does the Second Anniversary of the Invasion of Ukraine Mean?

Amanda McCrina   |  February 23, 2024

For many reasons, it’s a question we would rather not consider

REVIEW: “War and Books are Incompatible”

Amanda McCrina   |  October 4, 2023

A Ukrainian diarist gives the world a disturbing glimpse of a ghastly war

Ideas in progress: Amanda McCrina

Amanda McCrina   |  February 22, 2023

What is the focus of your current book project? What are the main stories that you hope to tell in this book? My current project is a historical spy thriller set in postwar London, in the run-up to the Victory […]

A Story in Two Parts

Amanda McCrina   |  August 4, 2022

A history of Polish-Ukrainian violence—and sometime solidarity

History Brought Us Here

Amanda McCrina   |  March 11, 2022

Russian invasion, Ukrainian resistance: We’ve seen it before. Or have we?

Viewing Upstream

Amanda McCrina   |  April 29, 2021

Streaming services have helped us through the pandemic. But when it comes to film, the way forward may be the way back.