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 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
This isn’t self-help. It’s not a parody either. It’s something stranger and smarter: a satirical, uncategorizable book about belief, leadership, algorithmic power, and the performance of divinity in modern life.
