Born in Kyiv in 1973, Lilya graduated from the Film Studies Department of the Kyiv National University of Theatre, Cinema and Television named after I.K. Karpenko-Kary. Her writing was published in Russian-language literary periodicals, including Artikulyatsiya, Literatura, Dvoeotochie, and Soloneba. She started drawing 10 years ago, without any formal training. She still lives in Kyiv.
A hybrid scholarly and literary volume of popular Russian-language Soviet children’s texts alongside essays that outline the significance and meanings behind these popular texts.
A collection of nonsense poetry for readers who love Edward Lear, Hilaire Belloc, and all things delightfully peculiar.
A haunting dystopia some readers have called “the new 1984.” In a society where memory is rewritten and resistance is pre-approved, freedom isn’t restricted; it’s redefined. As systems evolve beyond human control and choice becomes a simulation, true defiance means refusing the script, even when the system already knows you will.
A new book of poems by Nina Kossman. “When the mythological and personal meet, something transforms for this reader…” -Ilya Kaminsky
