 Arlington Literary Journal an ejournal also known as ArLiJo, is located in Arlington, Virginia and is sponsored by Gival Press. The intent of ArLiJo is to feature a variety of authors/poets/artists from around the globe whose work provokes readers to contemplate issues, etc. The work chosen promotes understanding and sensitivity across borders, even if initially the work may cause one to take a double-take. Staff: Editor-in-Chief, Robert L. Giron Associate Editor, Sarah Fannon ArLiJo has reverted to a publication by invitation only. Any work published shall remain the property of the author/poet/artist and for any previously published work to appear the author/poet/artist must still retain the copyright of the work. Please note that ArLiJo is an ejournal. Payment for publication is a book from a selection of books published by Gival Press. |
Vladimir Levchev Featured on ArLiJo. A ROOM IN THE DREAM There is a room in my dream where the girl with the blue dress is laughing. That room is lit by buzzing orange burners. Snow has blocked two-thirds of the window: it is still falling in the warm street lights. But I am unable to enter that room in my dream, to sit on the bed by the girl that went away. Copyright © 2005 by Vladimir Levchev. Biography: Vladimir Levchev is a poet and writer, residing in Washington, D.C. He was born in Sofia, Bulgaria, in 1957. He graduated from the MFA program in Creative Writing at American University, Washington, D.C., in 1996. He has more than ten books of poetry, a book of essays and two novels published in Bulgaria, where he is a well-known writer. He founded the first Bulgarian independent magazine Glas, which was banned by the Communist authorities before November 1989. Levchev's first American book of poetry, Leaves from the Dry Tree, translated in English by the author with the Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Henry Taylor, was published by Cross-Cultural Communications, New York, in 1996. His second poetry book Black Book of the Endangered Species was published in 1999 by Word Works, Washington, D.C. His most recent book The Rainbow Mason, was published by Cornerstone Press, Charlottesville, VA, in 2004. Since his graduation, he has been teaching literature and writing at University of Maryland (Baltimore County), George Washington University (Washington, D.C.), Montgomery College (MD), as well as languages at FSI (Dept. of State). His poetry has appeared in many anthologies and literary magazines, including Poetry, Chicago, and Child of Europe: Penguin's Anthology of Eastern European Poetry. |
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