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Chris Mattingly is currently pursuing an MFA in poetry from Spalding University in Louisville, Kentucky. His poems have appeared in public-Republic, Margie: The Journal of American Poetry, Moonshot, The Louisville Review, and the forthcoming chapbook Ad Hoc from Q Avenue Press. Chris is also a banjo player and long time member [...]

Jody Lisberger’s story collection, Remember Love, was published by Fleur-de-Lis Press in May 2008. Her stories have appeared in Fugue, Michigan Quarterly Review, Thema, Confrontation, and The Louisville Review. She has a PhD in English and an MFA in Writing from Vermont College. She has taught literature, writing, and feminist theory [...]

Neil Chethik is speaker, author and expert specializing in men’s lives and family issues. He is the author of two acclaimed books: VoiceMale: What Husbands Really Think About Their Marriages, Their Wives, Sex, Housework and Commitment (Simon & Schuster 2006), and FatherLoss: How Sons of All Ages Come To Terms With the Deaths [...]

An interview with the curator of Let’s go home – Charlotte Friling – by Maya Kolarova

Photo: Personal archive
How was the idea of such a show born?
I was approached by the artist, Sophie Holstein, and the first owners of the S-KAI building, DWI Grundbesitz GmbH, who wished to give young artists the chance to exhibit [...]

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Dear friends, authors and readers of Public Republic,
Merry Christmas!

We wish for you health, love, unforgettable moments, positive energy, wisdom, beauty and inspiration, success and determination to follow your dreams.
We thank everyone from the Public Republic team for everything we create and inspire together!
We wish you Merry Christmas and New Year Eve celebration! Many [...]

We are happy to share that Katerina Stoykova-Klemer’s new poetry collection, “The Most” (Finishing Line Press) is available for pre-publication purchase at www.finishinglinepress.com. Availability date is March 5th.

Photo: Galina Neykova
The winners of the photo contest “The Smile of the Summer,” sponsored by the multimedia magazine Public Republic, were announced and awarded on 9/29 during an art event in Sofia, Bulgaria.

Photo: Galina Neykova
Multimedia magazine “Public Republic,” with the support of the German-Bulgarian Association in Hamburg, the Bulgarian Cultural Institute in Berlin, the Association for the Bulgarian-German Economic and Cultural Links present a photography contest entitled “The Smile of The Summer”.
Work will be evaluated by an international jury composed of:
Ivan Golev (Editor-in-Chief, GEO magazine (Bulgaria), [...]

You are cordially invited to the North American Premiere of The Air around the Butterfly / Въздухът около пеперудата. Katerina Stoykova-Klemer will read poems in English and Bulgarian, answer questions, and sign books. Refreshments will be provided.
Thursday, August 27, 2009
7:00pm – 9:00pm
Carnegie Center for Literacy and Learning
251 West Second Street
Lexington, KY
Katerina Stoykova-Klemer’s first book, The [...]

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The team of the Public Republic Online Magazine is pleased to invite you to the multimedia Art Evening, organized with the support of the German-Bulgarian Society in Hamburg, the Bulgarian Cultural Institute in Berlin, the Society for Bulgarian-German Economic and Cultural Relations in Germany, Bulgarreklama and Accents, a [...]

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This Friday, 4/17/09, on Accents, a radio show for literature, art and culture, you will hear the following:
Writing prompt of the week – Water:
From Kentucky, poetry by Sara Cavitt
From Bulgaria, poetry by Bozhana Apostolova
From Germany, poetry by Petja Heinrich
Interview:
Poet and farmer Jim Lally and artist and farmer Jennifer Gleason

Donna Ison’s Debut Novel is a Party on Every Page
Did you know the Virgin Mary had an evil twin? Neither did the outrageous residents of Steadfast, Kentucky until she showed up to sabotage their annual Ham Happening—a three-day celebration of all things pork.

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We, the editors of the international multimedia journal Public Republic, would like to congratulate our Editor-in-chief on her Birthday.
Dear Natalie,
May every day increase
the happiness in your life
the positive energy in your work
the optimism that lights up your relationships
the tenacity that pulls us forward
and the love that touches everything you do.
We love and admire you [...]

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Starting January 23, 2009, Katerina Stoykova-Klemer will host “Accents” – a new radio show for Literature, Art and Culture on WRFL, 88.1 FM, Lexington. The show will take place every Friday 2-3pm EST.
Everyone can listen to the show online by visiting http://wrfl.fm/, then clicking on “Listen Now.”
If you have ideas about guests, topics [...]

Ellie Ivanova Ponti

Petja Heinrich is a journalist, linguist and writer. Her first book of poetry in Bulgarian is to be presented in Sofia on December 6, 2008.
She is an editor for the German-language edition of Public Republic.

Dimitar Atanasov

By ancient Bulgarian tradition, today, the 26th of October is the widely celebrated holiday Dimitrovden – the name day of all men who bear the name Dimitar, and all women who bear the name Dimitrina. For this occasion, we give you an excerpt from Dimitar Atanasov’s book, “The Church ‘St. Martyr Dimitar’ in the [...]

We are happy to mark two years of our virtual friendship on Public Republic, the place which we created and continue to create every day for meetings and sharing.
I am excited to send greetings and congratulations to everyone on our special occasion – two years since the inception of an international project focused on literature, [...]

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On the 21st of October, 2008, we celebrate two years since the launch of the Bulgarian edition of Public Republic. Here is what a few of our readers and authors have to say about this significant milestone:

Dear friends,
We are now “officially” starting our Public Republic project in English!
Encouraged by the exciting success of the journal in Bulgaria (www.public-republic.com) and by the enthusiasm of our US-editor Katerina Stoykova-Klemer, we prepared the site in a similarly broad manner as the Bulgarian edition. We believe, we will soon have many contributions, a lively [...]