by Yurii Tokar
Yurii Tokar was born in 1967 in the USSR. In 1988, he began teaching mathematics in the region affected by the Chernobyl disaster. His stories, essays, and poems have been published in Ukraine, Germany, the USA, and elsewhere. For example, his work has appeared in Litbreak Magazine (USA), Adelaide Literary Magazine (USA), Brief Wilderness Magazine (USA), StylusLit Journal (Australia), and others. He is the author of the book “Ukrainian Essays,” which has been published by Lulu.