▁Archive ▁Press . ▁His ▁two ▁ 2 0 1 9 ▁nov els ▁have ▁un character ist ically ▁real istic ▁settings — W arm ▁Ar ctic ▁N ights ▁is ▁a ▁fict ional ized ▁mem oir ▁of ▁his ▁early ▁years ▁in ▁Poland ▁and ▁Ukraine , ▁presented ▁in ▁the ▁form ▁of ▁an ▁interview , ▁and ▁The ▁I gu anas ▁of ▁He at ▁with ▁its ▁detailed ▁US ▁and ▁Mexico ▁settings ▁and ▁ost ens ibly ▁a ▁susp ense ▁story , ▁is ▁a ▁pain st aking ▁de const ruction ▁of ▁a ▁ster ile ▁marriage . ▁Cla im ▁to ▁O bl iv ion , ▁his ▁book ▁of ▁selected ▁ess ays ▁and ▁inter views ▁in ▁English , ▁which ▁deal ▁primarily ▁with ▁his ▁own ▁literary ▁works ▁and ▁the ▁issues ▁he ▁tack les ▁in ▁them , ▁was ▁published ▁in ▁ 2 0 1 6 . ▁The ▁ 2 0 1 8 ▁book ▁of ▁exer cis es ▁Liter ary ▁Y oga ▁effectively ▁illustr ates ▁T arna w sky ' s ▁views ▁on ▁the ▁craft ▁of ▁writing . ▁ ▁Since ▁the ▁end ▁of ▁the ▁ 1 9 9 0 s ▁T arna w sky ▁has ▁been ▁active ▁in ▁the ▁US ▁innov ative ▁writing ▁community , ▁particip ating ▁in ▁the ▁A WP ▁and ▁& NO W ▁con ferences . ▁ ▁T arna w sky ▁has ▁devoted ▁a ▁lot ▁of ▁energy ▁to ▁transl ating ▁from ▁Ukrain ian ▁into ▁English ▁and ▁from ▁various ▁languages ▁into ▁Ukrain ian . ▁Among ▁other ▁works , ▁he ▁is ▁the ▁co - author ▁of ▁the ▁English ▁translation ▁of ▁Ukrain ian ▁ep ic ▁poetry