ARTEM CHEKH is a Ukrainian author and soldier. He is the author of some sixteen books, including Absolute Zero, and his work has been translated into English, Polish, Czech, and Russian. Chekh is currently serving in the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
OLENA JENNINGS is the author of the poetry collection The Age of Secrets (Lost Horse Press, 2022) and the novel Temporary Shelter (Cervena Barva Press, 2021). Her translation with the author of Yuliya Musakovska's poetry collection
The God of Freedom is forthcoming from Arrowsmith Press.
OKSANA ROSENBLUM is an art history researcher and translator based in New York City. She was born and raised in Ukraine but has called NYC her home since 2003. Her poetry translations from Ukrainian, essays, and book reviews appeared in National Translation Month, Versopolis, Ukrainian Weekly, Asymptote, Bracken, and Arrowsmith. She co-edited a bilingual volume of the early poetry of Mykola Bazhan, an important and prolific 20th-century Ukrainian poet (Academic Studies Press, 2020).