The LGBTQ Struggle in Bulgaria
Searching for Your Shield of Achilles Against Bullshit
Vogueing in Chicago
The Bulgarian Table, from Sudjuk to Shopska
The LGBTQ Struggle in BulgariaIt’s strange to see your motherland portrayed just as you know her, but through the eyes of a foreigner. It has quite a jarring effect. I wrote this for the Chicago Reader.
Searching for Your Shield of Achilles Against BullshitAnytime you can say bullshit in a headline is a day you’re winning. Bulgaria’s most adored author was coming to Chicago (the second city for Bulgarians, literally), and I was thrilled to write about his superb “The Physics of Sorrow”.
Vogueing in ChicagoWatching Freddie throw literal shade in battles & balls was thrilling. Writing about it made me feel cool.
The Bulgarian Table, from Sudjuk to ShopskaThe life of a food critic is not so easy. You may imagine it as one sitting at an unreasonably oversized wooden table, hand and knife in hand, as various people rush towards you, all apologetic eyes and plates disappearing under schnitzel, but in reality, it’s the absolute anonymity factor coupled with an actual love for food and the ability to write about it that predicates any sort of success, if such even exists. Writing about Bulgarian cuisine, however, was important for me. Writing about a whole lot of other restaurants for the Chicago Reader was pretty cool also.
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