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Online Workshop Opportunity

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Accents Publishing is offering a two-hour online workshop taught by owner and Senior Editor Katerina Stoykova. The topic is “Developing Your Poetry Collection: From Concept to Publication”. Description below.

Sunday, 10th of November, 2-4pm.
$40.00
Write to accents.publishing@gmail.com to reserve your spot.

Before you get up in front of an audience and read from your book, both you and your manuscript go through various stages. This workshop is designed to provide an insight to the considerations and skills necessary to successfully complete each stage and move on to the next. Be ready to learn what to expect, and hear tips on how not to get stuck, how to recognize if you’re making progress, how to make sure you’re focusing on what you have control over, how to keep yourself motivated through all this, and more.

Literary Accents

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a literary magazine from Accents Publishing

Accents Publishing is thrilled to announce the creation of a new literary magazine called Literary Accents !

Inspired by the theme of our best-selling book Bigger Than They Appear: Anthology of Very Short Poems, we decided to dedicate the first four issues of our new journal to the art of the very short poem.

Issues one to four will contain 50 poems of up to 50 words!

Long live the short poem! We are eager to start working on this exciting magazine and to bring it to your mailbox as soon as possible!

How to Subscribe

You can click here to pay by PayPal and subscribe to the first four issues of Literary Accents.

If you would like to receive printed copies, the cost is $40.00 ($28.00 for the books, $12.00 for shipping). Please make sure to provide an email address for contact and a mailing address to send the physical books.

If you would like to receive the issues electronically only (no paper copy), the cost is $28.00.

If you don’t wish to use Paypal, you can also pay by check. Make checks payable to “Accents Publishing” and send them to:

Accents Publishing
c/o Katerina Stoykova
P.O. Box 910456
Lexington, KY 40591-0456

Black Bone: Affrilachian Poets 25th Anniversary Reading & Book Release

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Black Bone is an exhibit at Transylvania University’s Morlan Art Gallery that will run from January 13th through February 14th. This Thursday, January 19th, will be a public reading and book release party with several Affrilachian Poets, including Accents published authors Jeremy Paden and Bianca Spriggs. Continue reading →

Katerina Hosts Seminar on Bulgarian Methods for Health, Beauty, Protection and Connection to Spirit

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Founder and Senior Editor of Accents Publishing, Katerina Stoykova-Klemer, will be hosting a workshop this weekend in Danville, Kentucky focused on health, beauty, protection and connection to spirit.

Here is information from Katerina:

Would you like to learn a series of time-tested and widely-used methods and recipes created and used by the Bulgarian people? What are some typical spiritual rituals and traditions? What are some things Bulgarians do when they need to boost their immune system, get over a cold, take care of their skin, protect from negativity, get rid of a headache or heal from an emotional shock?

This one-day workshop is taught by the Bulgarian-American Katerina Stoykova who was born and raised in Bulgaria and has lived in the USA for over twenty years. Workshop is offered on Saturday, the 14th of January 2017 and Sunday, the 15th of January 2017, so choose the day that works best for you. We will start at 10 am and will finish at 2pm, with a short lunch break in between. Cost is $50.00, and it includes a delicious, authentic Bulgarian lunch.

If you would like more information about specific locations, dates, and reservations, please fill out the following contact form, which will send an email directly to Katerina.

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Bianca Bargo on Keep Louisville Literary

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Yesterday morning, Bianca Bargo met the host of Keep Louisville Literary, Rachel Short, and talked about How I Became an Angry Woman, Workhorse, and the Gauntlet.

The recording begins with music. At about 3m24s, it cuts to a coffee shop interview with Matthew Haughton. At one point, Rachel Short interrupts the interview to say that traffic is heavy and that Bianca is on her way.

At 9m45s, Bianca’s interview begins. They chit-chat about not being a morning person even though she’s a school counselor at an Elementary School. Continue reading →

Accents’ Editor Christopher McCurry on NPR

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Boston’s NPR news station, WBUR 93.9FM, recently asked a few book experts about their choices for the Best Books of 2016, and included picks by Lexington’s own Ron Davis. Ron Davis, one of the owners of Wild Fig Books & Coffee, recommended Christopher McCurry‘s Nearly Perfect Photograph (Two of Cups Press, 2016) and even read a poem from the collection!

Ron describes Christopher’s book as “hilarious and profound”, calling Christopher a “very good writer”. You can find the recording by clicking here. Ron Davis begins at around 9m18s and he talks about Christopher McCurry at the 17m50s mark.

Ron Davis owns Wild Fig Books & Coffee with Crystal Wilkinson, author of the novel The Birds of Opulence (University Press of Kentucky, 2016). Ron Davis sometimes goes by the pseudonym “upfromsumdirt” and is the author of the poetry collection Caul & Response (Argus House Press, 2015).

“Where I’m From” Poetry Submission Deadline December 1st

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image from the Kentucky Arts Council website

image from the Kentucky Arts Council website

Accents readers might be interested in “Where I’m From”: A Poetry of Place, which is an annual celebration of Kentucky poetry originating from George Ella Lyon’s poem of the same name.

One of the goals of this celebration is to collect a “Where I’m From” poem from all 120 counties in Kentucky. For more information and rules, please click here. For a list of your county’s representative, click here.

The deadline to submit a poem is December 1st, 2016.

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Pulitzer Winning Poet Natasha Tretheway to Speak at Louisville Public Library

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image by SLOWKING

image by SLOWKING

Pulitzer Prize winner and Poet Laureate of the United States Natasha Tretheway has been named Distinguished Writer in Residence for Spalding’s low-residency Master of Fine Arts in Writing. She will speak on Tuesday, November 15 at 5:30pm.

Tretheway won the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry in 2007 for her collection Native Guard (Mariner Books, 2007). She will give a presentation that is free to the public, but pre-registration is required.

Click here for information from the Kentucky Literary Calendar.

When: Tuesday, November 15, 2016 @ 5:30-6:30pm
Where: Louisville Free Public Library
Main Branch
301 York St.
Louisville, KY 40203
(502) 574-1644

Spalding MFA Presents a Celebration of Kentucky Poets

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On Sunday, the Spalding MFA in Writing will hold a reading by established poets from around the state, including Accents-published poets Jeremy Paden (Broken Tulips, 2013) and Frederick Smock (The Deer at Gethsemani: Eclogues, 2011). The event is part of a weekend-long celebration that includes a faculty reading on Saturday and an open house Sunday morning.

Readings will include:

Click here for event information from the Kentucky Literary Calendar.

When: Sunday, November 13, 2016 @ 5:30-6:45pm
Where: Spalding University
Egan Leadership Center
901 S 4th St
Louisville, KY 40507
(502) 873-4400

Teen Howl 5th Anniversary Celebration

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Teen Howl 5th Anniversary Series

Tonight’s Teen Howl will celebrate the series’ fifth anniversary, and will take place at the Carnegie Center in Lexington, Kentucky instead of the Morris Book Shop. The featured poet is Amelia Martens, author of The Spoons in the Grass are There To Dig a Moat (Sarabande Books, 2016).

Open mic will start at 6pm, so show up a few minutes early to sign up!

Click here for Facebook Event page

When: Thursday, November 3, 2016 @ 6pm
Where: Carnegie Center
251 W. Second St.
Lexington, KY 40507
(859) 254-4175

The monthly event features the best of Lexington’s young poets (including an open mic), and headlines an under 20-year-old featured poet as well as an accomplished guest in the poetry community. Founded in 2011 by Elizabeth Beck and Jay McCoy, the name is based off of Allen Ginsberg’s “Howl”, which the group read in pieces during their initial meetings.