Interviews

TV Interview: My Sister’s Mother: A Memoir of War, Exile, and Stalin’s Siberia

My Sister’s Mother:  A Memoir of War, Exile, and Stalin’s Siberia, published by the University of Wisconsin Press, April 2016.

A poignant interview with veteran host, John Monsul.  His diverse public TV station program, Communicating Today, is aired in the Fairfax County area of Virginia three times per week.

In this interview, John explores the World War II Siberian experience of my mother and sister.  Due to those experiences we also discuss the war’s impacts on me.  Furthermore, we discuss those impacts on my relationship with my mother and sister.


Donna Urbikas with TV host John Monsul