'In Petrescu's poem, Afternoon at Buon Giorno's, Poetry with a capital P, elegantly sitting drinking lemon, lime and bitters, remarks that her interest now is in the lyrical stance of the ordinary. To which her interlocutor, Mephistopheles, replies, Bullshit. Should Poetry sell her soul to this devil? Of course she should - but only if he is a less whimsical figure than the neo-Gothic Dracula Bram Stoker ascribed to Petrescu's native Transylvania.' - John Drew, Cambridge, UK
'In Petrescu's poem, Afternoon at Buon Giorno's, Poetry with a capital P, elegantly sitting drinking lemon, lime and bitters, remarks that her inte...
Ioana Petrescu is a Romanian-born poet who lives in Adelaide. Her poems have been published in Australia and Romania, in newspapers, magazines and on the Internet. Her first poetry collection, I Say... (Wakefield Press 1999), received enthusiastic praise: 'Petrescu is a versatile, cosmopolitan poet whose intelligence and wit make every poem interesting in this too-small collection.' - Bev Roberts, Australian Book Review
Ioana Petrescu is a Romanian-born poet who lives in Adelaide. Her poems have been published in Australia and Romania, in newspapers, magazines and ...
