https://www.izidoraangel.com/writing daily 0.75 2025-01-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c311d3f4cde7a5df30a55bd/1546745221537-YTWO2OL3OG9XB71YV4QV/Screen+Shot+2019-01-05+at+6.16.42+PM.png writing - Breaking Bulgarian: Why Translation Can Be Heartbreak It’s pretty sweet to see how much you end up writing when you’re designated a desk, a hotel room, and a Chinese takeout place within dangerous proximity. It was my brand spanking first time being awarded a residency and it blew my mind. I see why some people do this for a living. I wrote about it for Publishing Perspectives once here, and once here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c311d3f4cde7a5df30a55bd/1546745221537-YTWO2OL3OG9XB71YV4QV/Screen+Shot+2019-01-05+at+6.16.42+PM.png writing - Breaking Bulgarian: Why Translation Can Be Heartbreak It’s pretty sweet to see how much you end up writing when you’re designated a desk, a hotel room, and a Chinese takeout place within dangerous proximity. It was my brand spanking first time being awarded a residency and it blew my mind. I see why some people do this for a living. I wrote about it for Publishing Perspectives once here, and once here. https://www.izidoraangel.com/critique3 daily 0.75 2019-01-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c311d3f4cde7a5df30a55bd/1546744788813-IOY9NYTIRV0XZ0XDPPSA/Screen+Shot+2019-01-05+at+9.19.33+PM.png critique3 - Review of The Same Night Awaits Us All Got my first review! Read it in bed in one breath on a Saturday morning, naturally. I was super appreciative of the reviewer’s effort in researching and writing this. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c311d3f4cde7a5df30a55bd/1546744788813-IOY9NYTIRV0XZ0XDPPSA/Screen+Shot+2019-01-05+at+9.19.33+PM.png critique3 - Review of The Same Night Awaits Us All Got my first review! Read it in bed in one breath on a Saturday morning, naturally. I was super appreciative of the reviewer’s effort in researching and writing this. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c311d3f4cde7a5df30a55bd/1546744334924-6VVKAQMJT5T7PAOPBMWR/Screen+Shot+2019-01-05+at+6.28.10+PM.png critique3 - The LGBTQ Struggle in Bulgaria It’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. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c311d3f4cde7a5df30a55bd/1546744449927-8TT70BGOPEZKI3DB3VCD/Screen+Shot+2019-01-05+at+9.13.29+PM.png critique3 - Searching for Your Shield of Achilles Against Bullshit Anytime 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”. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c311d3f4cde7a5df30a55bd/1546744630397-7DMHSJDSS5HU7HE93A22/Screen+Shot+2019-01-05+at+9.16.39+PM.png critique3 - Vogueing in Chicago Watching Freddie throw literal shade in battles & balls was thrilling. Writing about it made me feel cool. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c311d3f4cde7a5df30a55bd/1546744545827-855JJ8ZYB848P5TQD6B9/Screen+Shot+2019-01-05+at+9.15.15+PM.png critique3 - The Bulgarian Table, from Sudjuk to Shopska The 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. https://www.izidoraangel.com/interviews2 daily 0.75 2019-01-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c311d3f4cde7a5df30a55bd/1546728101560-IFURPFFGOIDEQZB00DMF/Screen+Shot+2019-01-05+at+4.40.41+PM.png interviews2 - Interview with Garth Greenwell, author of "What Belongs to You" I met Garth during one quite blistering summer in Sofia, Bulgaria. I’d been invited to the Sofia arm of the Sozopol Fiction Seminars as a panelist on translation, and he had just finished his first novel, for which he was already getting quite a bit of buzz. This interview took place shortly after his novel came out. I later wrote about his novel for the Chicago Reader. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c311d3f4cde7a5df30a55bd/1546728101560-IFURPFFGOIDEQZB00DMF/Screen+Shot+2019-01-05+at+4.40.41+PM.png interviews2 - Interview with Garth Greenwell, author of "What Belongs to You" I met Garth during one quite blistering summer in Sofia, Bulgaria. I’d been invited to the Sofia arm of the Sozopol Fiction Seminars as a panelist on translation, and he had just finished his first novel, for which he was already getting quite a bit of buzz. This interview took place shortly after his novel came out. I later wrote about his novel for the Chicago Reader. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c311d3f4cde7a5df30a55bd/1546745900768-ROSI73J2KBA9WVBAKJR3/Screen+Shot+2019-01-05+at+5.23.11+PM.png interviews2 - An Interview with IA I was interviewed by the poet Peter Mishler about my novel in translation. His incredibly thoughtful questions and follow ups truly moved me and helped me consider my work anew. The fact the interview was conducted via email meant that I could come off as though I really knew what I was talking about. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c311d3f4cde7a5df30a55bd/1546745811197-HY1GZP48XZZTN2W9OFE1/Screen+Shot+2019-01-05+at+6.07.53+PM.png interviews2 - Translators Collective Brings International Lit to Chicago Being part of the Third Coast Translators Collective in my hometown, Chicago, has given me an incredible sense of belonging. I was one of a few members interviewed for this Chicago Tribune piece on the eve of a group reading, which made us quite happy. https://www.izidoraangel.com/publications daily 0.75 2026-03-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c311d3f4cde7a5df30a55bd/1737306127012-F46CONUGEKA4Z3OTAVHC/BLT2024.jpg publications https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c311d3f4cde7a5df30a55bd/1772037945028-I58VSRQTZAPCJJKNURW8/Screenshot+2025-05-21+at+1.19.25%E2%80%AFPM.png publications - SHE WHO REMAINS A landmark queer novel from Bulgaria, written entirely as a stream of consciousness tracing the gender evolution of the main character. Unfurling a world of sworn virgins and blood feuds, it is a deep, lyrical exploration of identity, love, and familial honor. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c311d3f4cde7a5df30a55bd/1773763710748-FEGTGIOU8ZQI88PP1VPB/image-asset.jpeg publications https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c311d3f4cde7a5df30a55bd/1758140893902-UFRKWE6O5YQ6UCO1HT02/image-asset.jpg publications https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c311d3f4cde7a5df30a55bd/1741032760701-1WX8GV36UO2NO4D8R7VR/APS%252BNo%252B32.jpg publications - A SHORT TRACTATE ON FINE ART, short story in translation https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c311d3f4cde7a5df30a55bd/1737306062480-BAMIKBQOHCL5243KJU4P/Screenshot+2025-01-18+at+2.11.54%E2%80%AFPM.png publications https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c311d3f4cde7a5df30a55bd/1737306334631-PNBUESS56OASH5OM4444/BLT2024.jpg publications - FAMILY PORTRAIT OF THE BLACK EARTH, SHORT STORY IN TRANSLATION https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c311d3f4cde7a5df30a55bd/1737306319848-CJGJCKI2PATEZ09IJN59/IMG_9299.jpg publications - SHE WHO REMAINS, GULF COAST PRIZE WINNER https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c311d3f4cde7a5df30a55bd/1737306070513-WOKU8CONR9CXN9961O22/Screenshot+2025-01-19+at+10.47.26%E2%80%AFAM.png publications https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c311d3f4cde7a5df30a55bd/1737306207453-CAG46IQWBKF3ITO5JEXB/IMG_9300.jpg publications - FAMILY PORTRAIT OF THE BLACK EARTH https://www.izidoraangel.com/events-1 daily 0.75 2026-04-08 https://www.izidoraangel.com/events-1/2026/5/15/international-booker-prize-shortlist-reading monthly 0.5 2026-04-08 https://www.izidoraangel.com/events-1/2026/3/12/she-who-remains-in-conversation-with-rene-karabash-1 monthly 0.5 2026-02-10 https://www.izidoraangel.com/events-1/2026/3/11/she-who-remains-in-conversation-with-rene-karabash monthly 0.5 2026-02-10 https://www.izidoraangel.com/events-1/2026/3/9/she-who-remains-in-conversation-with-rene-karabash-amp-ralf-webb monthly 0.5 2026-02-10 https://www.izidoraangel.com/events-1/2025/9/6/writing-refuge monthly 0.5 2025-08-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c311d3f4cde7a5df30a55bd/2d8a15c6-269f-4dc3-811c-7a0a9c242807/PRLF+2025+Final.jpeg events - Writing Refuge - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.izidoraangel.com/new-page-2 daily 0.75 2019-01-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c311d3f4cde7a5df30a55bd/1547337087921-JEE0H0A391JW9J0WGH3P/Screen%2BShot%2B2019-01-05%2Bat%2B6.28.10%2BPM.jpg New Page https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c311d3f4cde7a5df30a55bd/1547337115877-OC6KJ1LNT7ECNKI0W5ZN/Screen+Shot+2019-01-05+at+9.13.29+PM.png New Page https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c311d3f4cde7a5df30a55bd/1547337153417-KGK2AEBEMMSESBL9KYF0/Screen+Shot+2019-01-05+at+9.16.39+PM.png New Page https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c311d3f4cde7a5df30a55bd/1547337420084-HXMY9CHF4X3U8VS3LZQS/Screen%2BShot%2B2019-01-05%2Bat%2B9.15.15%2BPM.jpg New Page https://www.izidoraangel.com/press daily 0.75 2026-03-17 https://www.izidoraangel.com/new-page daily 0.75 2019-03-06 https://www.izidoraangel.com/contact-1 daily 0.75 2025-01-18 https://www.izidoraangel.com/about daily 1.0 2026-03-31 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c311d3f4cde7a5df30a55bd/b6eecaba-6728-47fd-ad42-994baaac2ec5/Izidora+Headshot+2025.png about