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“Recommendation to God” by Bina Kals

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.

Jim Lally Featured Reading

The first two poets Accents had the privilege of publishing were Jude and Jim Lally (The View from Down Here and Stick Tight Man, respectively).

The above video is Jim Lally’s reading at our premiere of these two books. The second half of the reading is below.

“I Can See” by Par Avion

Two of our published poets from The Season of Delicate Hunger, Emanuil A. Vidinski and Petar Tchouhov, are in the band Par Avion. They released their first single (“Photograph”) last August. Below is their latest song, “I Can See”.

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Emanuil Vidinski was born on June 27th, 1978 in Vidin. He holds a degree in Slavic and Germanic studies from St. Kliment Ohridski University in Sofia. He is the author of a short story collection, a novel and a poetry collection, Par Avion (2011). Emanuil is the creator and editor of the World Novels series for Altera Press. He was an editor in the Bulgarian department of Deutsche Welle radio in Germany from 2008 to 2012. He currently lives and works in Sofia.

Petar Tchouhov was born on June 23rd, 1961 in Sofia. He holds degrees in library science and sociology from St. Kliment Ohridski University in Sofia. He is the author of 11 poetry books, most recently When Unicorns Return (2011), and his work has been translated into many languages. Petar has received international recognition for his haiku, including the Basho Museum Award in Japan in 2007, and he is the recipient of many other international awards for his lyrical poetry. Petar also writes music and performs in several bands, including the spoken rock band LaText.

“You are Beautiful” by Emanuil A. Vidinski

Emanuil A. Vidinski’s “You are Beautiful” read by Katerina Stoykova-Klemer—who also translated it from the original Bulgarian—at the Morris book shop.

You can find more contemporary Bulgarian poetry in our anthology, The Season of Delicate Hunger.

Emanuil VidinskiEmanuil Vidinski was born on June 27th, 1978 in Vidin. He holds a degree in Slavic and Germanic studies from St. Kliment Ohridski University in Sofia. He is the author of a short story collection, a novel and a poetry collection, Par Avion (2011). Emanuil is the creator and editor of the World Novels series for Altera Press. He was an editor in the Bulgarian department of Deutsche Welle radio in Germany from 2008 to 2012. He currently lives and works in Sofia.

Original Ruse: A Video Reading with Barbara Sabol

This video was made for Barabara Sabol’s chapbook, Original Ruse (Accents Publishing).

Barbara SabolBarbara Sabol’s poetry and prose has appeared in Public-RepublicBlood LotusPoets 350, the Tupelo Press Poetry Project,Tributaries, and on the Akron Art Museum’s website. She has an MFA from Spalding University. Barbara is a long-practicing speech therapist, living in northeastern Ohio with her partner and dogs.

“Homecoming” by Krasimir Vardyev


Krasimir Vardyev’s “Homecoming” was read at the Morris book shop as part of the release celebration for The Season of Delicate Hunger: Anthology of Contemporary Bulgarian Poetry. The English version of the poem was translated by Katerina Stoykova-Klemer.

The poem was read by Nadezhda Nikolova, an artist from the former Yugoslavia and Bulgaria who specializes in wet plate collodion photography. She currently resides in Lexington, Kentucky. You can find her website by clicking here.

Krasimir VardyevKrasimir Vardyev was born on May 17th, 1978 in Beloslav. He holds a degree from Kontantin Preslavsky University of Shumen. He has received awards for his poetry and prose, among which is the Southern Spring Award for his debut poetry collection, Curb, in 2001. From 1998 to 2003, he was a co-organizer and participant in the “Street Poetry” campaign. His second poetry book, Symbiosis, was published in 2007. Krasimir lives and works in Sofia.

Eric Scott Sutherland Open Mic

In 2010, Accents hosted a launch party for Stick Tight Man and The View from Down Here. Here is a video of Eric Scott Sutherland reading at the event.

Eric Scott Sutherland