RaveThe Cleveland Review of BooksThis collection—in a conversational style akin to Ross Gay’s and Frank O’Hara’s—at its core is a love poem: to the self, to the reader, to poetry, to New York City—to which the collection is dedicated—to O’Hara, and to life itself. Throughout this book, Dimitrov reflects on his enduring love for life with refreshing optimism ... In a year full of so much tragedy and loss for us all, Love and Other Poems feels more vital than ever in its playfulness, its humor, and its accessibility; it reminds us again and again to see all the beauty in this world and to approach even life’s smallest moments with a sense of wonder ... This collection is filled with humor and optimism, and yet Dimitrov is well-aware, too, of hardship and tragedy ... Dimitrov is not naïve; he is not ignorant about suffering but rather hyper-aware of it, and it is this awareness that allows him to find so much solace in the small and beautiful moments.
