“she prepares a romantic dinner” by Yordanka Beleva

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Accents-published poet Nettie Farris reads “She prepares a romantic dinner” by Yordanka Beleva. This poem was translated by Katerina Stoykova-Klemer.

Clip from the North American Premiere of The Season of Delicate Hunger: Anthology of Contemporary Bulgarian Poetry (Accents Publishing) at the Morris book shop. The reading took place on Saturday, January 24, 2014.

Nettie Farris LexPoMo 2015Nettie Farris is the author of Communion (Accents Publishing, 2013) and—most recently—Fat Crayons (Finishing Line Press 2015). According to her 2015 LexPoMo bio, Nettie spends her spare time writing poems, practicing yoga, attending mass, praying the rosary, and, like Alice, going to tea parties.

Yordanka Beleva was born on June 20th, 1977 in Tervel. She holds a degree in Bulgarian philology and library management from Kontantin Preslavsky University of Shumen. She is the author of three poetry books, most recently Her (2012), as well as a collection of stories. Yordanka has received various awards for her poetry, including first place in the Veselin Hanchev National Contest. She lives and writes in Sofia.

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