Alex Dimitrov

Dimitrov explores the tension of living between the world of imagination and our growing sense of political disenchantment.

Love and Other Poems

Katie Chua

I LOVED THIS COLLECTION OF POEMS!!!! I FIRST READ "JUNE" BY ALEX DIMITROV IN THE NEW YORKER RIGHT BEFORE I LEFT FOR NEW YORK FOR THE SUMMER IN 2018. I THINK I STILL HAVE THAT PAGE SAVED IN A FOLDER SOMEWHERE. 

DIMITROV'S LOVE FOR NEW YORK AND LIFE IS SO APPARENT, SO LOVELY TO READ, SO JOYOUS AND IT MADE ME HAPPY. 

THANK YOU ALYSON FOR THIS BOOK AND FOR YOUR NEW YORKER. I WILL ALWAYS ASSOSCIATE DIMITROV WITH YOU NOW

Alex Dimitrov’s third book, Love and Other Poems, is full of praise for the world we live in. Taking time as an overarching structure—specifically, the twelve months of the year—Dimitrov elevates the everyday, and speaks directly to the reader as if the poem were a phone call or a text message. From the personal to the cosmos, the moon to New York City, the speaker is convinced that love is “our best invention.” Dimitrov doesn’t resist joy, even in despair. These poems are curious about who we are as people and shamelessly interested in hope.

Love and Other Poems

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