For the first time this year, The White Review Poet’s Prize was open to poets based anywhere in the world. Last month we announced a shortlist of eight poets. ...
Georgi Gospodinov lives and works in Sofia, Bulgaria. His latest novel, The Physics of Sorrow (Open Letter), was a finalist for several international awards, and has now been longlisted for the PEN Translation Prize in the United States. Other publications in English include Natural Novel (Dalkey Archive Press) and And Other Stories (Northwestern University Press).
White silhouettes sway against softly gradated backgrounds: blues, purples, yellows and pinks. The painted palm trees are tacky and kitsch. They invoke long stretches...