Poet Laurie Clewett reads “Pigeonish” by Petja Heinrich. This poem was translated from Bulgarian 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 in Lexington, Kentucky.
World traveler Shirley Bratcher reads “Asymmetry” by Roza Boyanova. This poem was translated from Bulgarian 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.
Poet Matthew Haughton reads “The Heart is not a Creator” by Yordan Efftimov, as translated from the Bulgarian by Katerina Stoykova-Klemer. This was filmed at the Morris book shop for Accents Publishing’s official release reading for The Season of Delicate Hunger: Anthology of Contemporary Bulgarian Poetry.
Yordan Efftimov was born on January 23rd, 1971 in Razgrad. He holds a Ph.D. in Bulgarian literature from St. Kliment Ohridski University. He teaches theory of literature in New Bulgarian University in Sofia. Yordan has worked as an editor and columnist, and has hosted radio and television literary programs. He is the author of eight books of poetry, most recently The Heart is Not a Creator (2013), along with five monographs and two textbooks on modern and ancient literature. He lives and works in Sofia.
Matthew Haughton was born in Colorado in 1977. At an early age, his family returned to eastern Kentucky, where his lineage stretches back over a century in the region. Matthew is a graduate of the University of Kentucky. Most recently, he was a finalist in the Carnegie Center for Literacy and Learning’s Next Great Writer Competition. His poetry has appeared in literary magazines such as Kentucky Monthly, Still: The Journal, and The Heartland Review. This is his first published collection of poems. He lives and works as an artist and educator in Lexington Kentucky.
Artist Simeon Kondev reads “The Undressed Wind” by Yasen Vasilev. This poem was translated from the Bulgarian by Katerina Stoykova-Klemer.
This clip is from the North American premiere of The Season of Delicate Hunger at the Morris book shop.
Simeon is a professional animator. You can find his animation here.
You can find more from Yasen Vasilev on the Accents Blog.
Poet Dennis Preston reads “Recommendation to God” by Bina Kals. This poem was translated from the original Bulgarian by Katerina Stoykova-Klemer.
The videos in this series come from the North American Premiere of The Season of Delicate Hunger: Anthology of Contemporary Bulgarian Poetry at the Morris book shop.
Wednesday, November 5, 2014
Tonight’s Teen Howl Poetry Series will feature teen poet Aidan Ziliak.
The reading starts at 6pm at the Morris book shop. Open mic sign-ups start at 5:45.
As always, the event will be hosted by founders Elizabeth Beck and Jay McCoy.
| When: | Thursday, October 9, 2014 @ 6pm |
| Where: | the Morris book shop |
| 882 E. High St. | |
| Lexington, KY 40502 |
Lexington Month officially begins at 12:00AM on June 1st. Up until that point, you are able to sign up for the LexPoMo Writing Challenge (click here). But we’re excited to see so many other events going on around town during June. We even have an event calendar (which is available at the top of this blog), and we’re keeping that list up to date.
If you’re running any events and want us to put it on the event calendar, just send an email to blog.accents.publishing(at)gmail.com.
Events in June:
Once again, if there’s anything you want to add, just let us know!
