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Award-winning poet Karen Schubert recently interviewed Katerina for the Best American Poetry Blog.

In the interview, Karen asks, “Does poetry and publishing poetry serve to deepen your connection to your chosen community?” to which Katerina responds:

I think the most productive way to feel connected to a community is to work to serve it, to give of yourself.

The interview reads more like an informal conversation between Karen and Katerina, and primarily discusses Accents’ mission of promoting brilliant voices and fostering an exchange in literature among different cultures.

Katerina also shares a poem from Brandel France de Bravo’s Mother, Loose, and discusses the importance of translating and sharing Bulgarian poetry, such as in The Season of Delicate Hunger.

Check out the interview here, and be sure to check out Lit Youngstown, the blog that Karen Schubert runs with Kris Harrington and Liz Hill, as well as Karen Schubert’s personal blog.