Holy Robots (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780991600922)

Vasilina Orlova is currently working on her PhD in Anthropology from the University of Texas at Austin. She holds a PhD in philosophy from Moscow State University (2013). She has published a number of books of prose and poetry in Russian, including Mificheskaya Geographia (Mythical Geography, 2016), Kvartet (Quartet, 2009), Pustinya (The Wilderness, 2008), Vchera (Yesterday, 2003). Her prose and poetry has appeared in prominent Russian literary journals such as Noviy Mir, Druzhba Narodov, and Oktyabr. She has received several Russian literary awards. Born in the settlement of Dunay in the Russian Far East in 1979, Orlova has lived in Moscow, London, and is now based in Austin, Texas. She has written in English since 2012. Her first book of poetry in English, Contemporary Bestiary, was published in 2014. Orlova's works have been translated into English, French, Spanish, Dutch, Bulgarian, Ukrainian, and Russian. Her writings in English have appeared in different collected volumes and journals, including The End of Austin, Blue Bonnet Review, Bloodstone Review, Visions International, and Cultural Anthropology.