A Crash Course in Molotov Cocktails is a poetry collection by Ukrainian poet and scholar Halyna Kruk, translated into English by Amelia M. Glaser and Yuliya Ilchuk, and published by Arrowsmith Press in 2023. The English-language edition was shortlisted for the 2024 Griffin Poetry Prize.
In 2024, the book was shortlisted for the Griffin Poetry Prize, with the shortlist announcement crediting Glaser and Ilchuk for translation from the Ukrainian and identifying Kruk as the original author.
The collection has been described by Stanford UniversityâÂÂs Division of Literature, Cultures, and Languages as poetry that documents everyday life and moral experience during the war in Ukraine through lyrical and reflective verse.