Kapka Kassabova is a writer of narrative nonfiction, poetry, and fiction. She grew up in Sofia, Bulgaria, and lives in the Scottish Highlands. She is the author of To the Lake and Border, a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award. Her latest book, Elixir, was published this May by Graywolf Press.
Kapka Kassabova
Sacred Spaces

Silent Weave
THERE ONCE WAS A WOMAN from the mountain village of Breznitsa who was kidnapped by an Arabian prince. In the desert, she lay down her black feredjé cape, stepped on it, Continue reading