Alex Dimitrov Explained

Alex Dimitrov (born November 30, 1984) is an American poet living in New York City.[1]

Early life

Dimitrov is a first-generation immigrant, born in Sofia, Bulgaria, and raised in Detroit, Michigan. His parents fled a communist Bulgaria shortly before the fall of the Berlin Wall. He attended the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, where he studied with the poet Anne Carson, and received a BA in English and Film in 2007. In 2009 he received an MFA in poetry from Sarah Lawrence College, where he studied with the poet Marie Howe.[2]

Career

Dimitrov is the recipient of the Stanley Kunitz Prize from the American Poetry Review and a Pushcart Prize.[3] [4] He worked at the Academy of American Poets[5] for eight years, where he was the Senior Content Editor and edited the popular online series Poem-a-Day and American Poets magazine.

He has taught writing at Princeton University,[6] Columbia University,[7] New York University, Barnard College, Sarah Lawrence College, Rutgers University in New Brunswick, Marymount Manhattan College, and Bennington College.

In June 2012 he published American Boys,[8] an online chapbook from Floating Wolf Quarterly. His first book of poems, Begging for It, was published by Four Way Books in March 2013.[9] His second book of poems, Together and by Ourselves,[10] was published by Copper Canyon Press in April 2017.

Dimitrov published his third book, Love and Other Poems, in February 2021. The title poem, "Love,"[11] was published in the American Poetry Review in their January/February 2020 issue, which featured Dimitrov on the cover.[12]

His poems have appeared in The New Yorker,[13] The New York Times,[14] The Paris Review,[15] Poetry,[16] The Yale Review,[17] The Kenyon Review,[18] American Poetry Review, Slate,[19] Tin House, Boston Review,[20] Poetry Daily, Verse Daily, and other publications.

In February 2014, Dimitrov launched Night Call, a multimedia poetry project through which he read poems to strangers in bed and online.[21] [22] Some of the components of the project included a video and a poem both titled Night Call.

On November 26, 2016, with the poet Dorothea Lasky, Dimitrov founded Astro Poets.[23] Flatiron Books published their book, Astro Poets: Your Guides to the Zodiac in October 2019.

Dimitrov published his fifth book, Love and Other Poems, in 2021 which the New York Times book review talked of a source of "impromptu shot(s) of delight".[24]

Wilde Boys

On May 27, 2009, days after graduating from Sarah Lawrence College, Dimitrov founded Wilde Boys, a queer poetry salon that brought together emerging and established writers in New York City.[25] [26]

Dimitrov has also held salons focusing on the work of queer poets Joe Brainard, Tim Dlugos, Leland Hickman and Reginald Shepherd. A salon was also held in honor of Elizabeth Bishop, with special guests Richard Howard and Gabrielle Calvocoressi.[27]

Wilde Boys ended on November 1, 2013.[28]

Bibliography

Poetry

Collections
List of poems
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Nonfiction

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: The Wilde Boys Salon, for Poetry or Maybe a Hot Date. Huguenin. Patrick. 2011-11-02. The New York Times. 2017-02-26. 2015-10-07. https://web.archive.org/web/20151007105338/http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/03/fashion/rhyme-or-reason-alex-dimitrovs-wilde-boys-salon-for-poetry-or-maybe-a-hot-date.html?pagewanted=all. live.
  2. Web site: New York writers with MFA begin new chapter with readings and projects. Teicher. Jordan . 2011-06-23. New York Daily News.
  3. News: Raise Your Glass: Alex Dimitrov's "Cocaine" Wins Pushcart Prize. The Adroit Journal. 2016-05-12. 2016-05-13. https://web.archive.org/web/20160513131456/http://www.theadroitjournal.org/blog/2016/5/12/raise-your-glass-alex-dimitrovs-cocaine-wins-pushcart-prize. live.
  4. Web site: 21 September 2021. Alex Dimitrov. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20180129192926/https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/alex-dimitrov . 2018-01-29 . Poetry Foundation. en.
  5. Web site: Staff - Poets.org - Poetry, Poems, Bios & More. Poets.org. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20121003043126/http://www.poets.org/page.php/prmID/33#adimitrov. 2012-10-03. 2012-08-21.
  6. Web site: Alex Dimitrov. 2020-01-15. Lewis Center for the Arts. en-US. 2020-01-15. https://web.archive.org/web/20200115220338/https://arts.princeton.edu/people/profiles/ad24/. live.
  7. Web site: Alex Dimitrov. 2020-01-15. Columbia - School of the Arts. en. 2020-01-15. https://web.archive.org/web/20200115233704/https://arts.columbia.edu/profiles/alex-dimitrov. live.
  8. Web site: American Boys -- Alex Dimitrov. 2020-01-15. floatingwolfquarterly.com. 2020-01-15. https://web.archive.org/web/20200115221102/http://floatingwolfquarterly.com/9/alex-dimitrov/. live.
  9. Web site: Hot List 2012: Alex Dimitrov. Rathe. Adam. 2012-05-22. OUT Magazine. 2012-08-21. 2012-06-25. https://web.archive.org/web/20120625232228/http://www.out.com/out-exclusives/hot-list-2012/2012/05/22/alex-dimitrov-writer-poet. live.
  10. Web site: Together and by Ourselves by Alex Dimitrov. 2020-12-26. 2020-11-29. https://web.archive.org/web/20201129105617/https://www.coppercanyonpress.org/books/together-and-by-ourselves-by-alex-dimitrov/. live.
  11. Web site: American Poetry Review - Alex Dimitrov - "Love". American Poetry Review. en. 2020-01-15. 2020-01-15. https://web.archive.org/web/20200115220401/https://aprweb.org/poems/love0. live.
  12. Web site: Vol. 49 No. 1 - Jan/Feb 2020. 2020-01-15. The American Poetry Review. en. 2020-01-15. https://web.archive.org/web/20200115220518/https://the-american-poetry-review.myshopify.com/products/vol-49-no-1-jan-feb-2020. live.
  13. News: Dimitrov. Alex. 2018-04-23. "June". The New Yorker. en. 2020-01-15. 0028-792X. 2019-07-11. https://web.archive.org/web/20190711041817/https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2018/04/30/june. live.
  14. News: 2017-04-21. Poems of Resistance: A Primer. en-US. The New York Times. 2020-01-15. 0362-4331. 2020-03-18. https://web.archive.org/web/20200318212529/https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/21/books/review/poltical-poetry-sampler.html. live.
  15. News: Dimitrov. Alex. 2018. Impermanence. The Paris Review. Interviews.. en. Winter 2018. 227. 2020-01-15. 0031-2037. 2020-01-12. https://web.archive.org/web/20200112234615/https://www.theparisreview.org/poetry/7291/impermanence-alex-dimitrov. live.
  16. Web site: Together and by Ourselves. Dimitrov. Alex. January 2012. Poetry. 2014-02-22. 2014-02-25. https://web.archive.org/web/20140225080138/http://www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazine/poem/246856. live.
  17. Web site: Bloodletting. Dimitrov. Alex. January 2012. The Yale Review. 2012-08-21. https://web.archive.org/web/20130926234012/http://www.yale.edu/yalereview/backissues/features/1001dimitrov.html. 2013-09-26. dead.
  18. Web site: The Composer's Lover. Dimitrov. Alex. March 2011. The Kenyon Review. 2012-08-21. 2013-09-27. https://web.archive.org/web/20130927055214/https://www.kenyonreview.org/kr-online-issue/2011-sprin/selections/the-composer%e2%80%99s-lover/. live.
  19. Dear Friend: I have nearly died three times since morning. Dimitrov. Alex. 2012-02-21. Slate. 2012-08-21. 2012-08-21. https://web.archive.org/web/20120821110718/http://www.slate.com/articles/arts/poem/2012/02/_dear_friend_i_have_nearly_died_three_times_since_morning_by_alex_dimitrov_.html. live.
  20. Web site: Passage. Dimitrov. Alex. August 2011. Boston Review. 2012-08-21. https://web.archive.org/web/20121108055920/http://www.bostonreview.net/BR36.4/alex_dimitrov.php. 2012-11-08. dead.
  21. Web site: Night Call. Dimitrov. Alex. 2014-02-14. Author's website. 2014-02-22. 2014-03-03. https://web.archive.org/web/20140303070802/http://alexdimitrov.tumblr.com/post/76602887095/night-call. live.
  22. Web site: Being in Bed with Strangers: An Interview with Alex Dimitrov. Certa. Sarah. 2014-02-13. Fanzine. 2014-02-22. 2014-03-01. https://web.archive.org/web/20140301223213/http://thefanzine.com/being-in-bed-with-strangers-an-interview-with-alex-dimitrov/. live.
  23. Web site: Astro Poets (@poetastrologers) Twitter. 2020-01-15. twitter.com. en. 2020-02-22. https://web.archive.org/web/20200222054909/https://twitter.com/poetastrologers. live.
  24. News: Gordinier . Jeff . 2021-02-25 . To Light Up a Dark Time, Effervescent Poems of New York City . en-US . The New York Times . 2022-03-10 . 0362-4331 . 2022-03-10 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220310013224/https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/25/books/review/love-other-poems-alex-dimitrov.html . live .
  25. Web site: Into the Wilde. McDaniel. Jeffrey. 2012-08-08. Poetry Foundation. 2012-08-21. 2012-11-10. https://web.archive.org/web/20121110120010/http://www.poetryfoundation.org/article/244338. live.
  26. Web site: Alex Dimitrov, Wilde Boy. Schneiderman. Jason. 2010-08-04. Lambda Literary. 2012-08-21. 2012-04-29. https://web.archive.org/web/20120429105107/http://www.lambdaliterary.org/interviews/08/04/alex-dimitrov-wilde-boy/. live.
  27. Web site: The Wilde Boys . Edwards . B.C. . 2011-06-16 . BOMB . 2012-08-21 . 2012-09-15 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120915054919/http://bombsite.com/articles/5166 . live .
  28. Web site: Wilde Boys . Dimitrov . Alex . 2013-11-01 . Author's Website . 2014-02-22 . 2014-03-03 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140303072338/http://alexdimitrov.tumblr.com/post/65694370631/the-only-people-i-would-care-to-be-with-now-are . live .

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