Forbidden Sea / Забранено море

"Blaga Dimitrova can turn thought into poetry, meditation into rhythm and flavor, colors into ideas, judgement into fragrance, vision into ethical statement. Seldom has a woman s writing been at once more cerebral and more sensual. This mixture comes no doubt like visions brought on by a wound, personal and national. It is the "Black Sea" - what chaos, what revolution, what historical upheaval? Dimitrova s poetry nonetheless stretches a modest and serene smile over the abyss. The memory of this smile has stayed with me, and it is once again there in her style, sustained through adversity; a sun rising over the Black Sea, the sun of a woman s talent, one that English-speaking readers will welcome." - Julia Kristeva