Photo by Vassilena Georgieva
Katerina Stoykova-Klemer grew up in Bourgas, Bulgaria.
In 1995 she immigrated to the USA and for over a decade worked as a software engineer in high-tech companies. Presently she is a student in the Spalding University’s brief-residency MFA in Writing Program.
Katerina writes poetry and prose in both Bulgarian and English. She enjoys translating between the two languages.
Katerina Stoykova-Klemer is the author of the bilingual poetry book, The Air around the Butterfly (Fakel Express, 2009), and the English language chapbook, The Most (Finishing Line Press, 2010).
Her poems have been published in the US and Europe, including The Louisville Review, Margie, Adirondack Review and others.
Katerina’s work has been nominated for a Pushcart Prize, Best of the Net Award and AWP Intro Award.
Katerina is the founder and leader of poetry and prose groups in Lexington, Kentucky.
Katerina Stoykova-Klemer hosts “Accents” – a radio show for Literature, Art and Culture on WRFL, 88.1 FM, Lexington. The show takes place every Friday 2-3pm.
In January 2010 Katerina launched Accents Publishing – an independent press for brilliant voices.
Katerina served as a Deputy Editor-in-Chief of Public Republic from 2008 to 2010.
Katerina’s contributions:
- Peoplewatching
- A Walk in the Park
- Readable Science in Gawande’s “The Itch”
- “Accents” – a Radio Show for Literature, Art and Culture
- Happy Birthday, Natalie!
- North American Premiere of The Air around the Butterfly
- Literary Term of the Week – Nut Graph
- Literary Term of the Week – Ghazal
- Accents Publishing 2010 Poetry Chapbook Contest
- Accents Publishing 2010 Poetry Chapbook Contest Results
- In My Own Accents
- The Book Horrors
- Is Your Poetry Manuscript Ready? Part One.
- The Season of Delicate Hunger
Translations:
Interviews:
- We Are All Artists with Multiple Avenues of Creativity
- It’s The Writing That Counts
- The Important Part Is The Part That Comes Out Of The Mystery
- Christine Kuhn: Anyone Can Be an Artist
- Heather Derr-Smith: Poetry Is a Craft
- Barbara Crooker: I tried to have each poem connect to the one next to it
- Sherry Chandler: I like to tell a story and work with voices
- Nancy Jensen: As soon as I was able to write, I started writing down the things I imagined.
- Joel DiGirolamo: I like to bring depth to the corporate experience
- Having a Book Out is a Real Validation of Your Identity as a Working Poet
- Charlie is My Darling
- Celebrating the Work of Contemporary Women Writers with the Kentucky Women Writers Conference
- Artist of the Week – Sheri L. Wright
- “We Call Ourselves Interventionist Artists”
- Meet a Bulgarian Poet: Kristin Dimitrova
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