Dimitris Lyacos with Marsias / Photo by Walter Melcher
In 2019 I interviewed Dimitris Lyacos on the occasion of the US tour/launch of his trilogy, Poena Damni, which had been rec…
Greek Literature
October 4, 2021
December 16, 2020Margarita Liberaki Three Summers Trans. Karen Van Dyck NYRB Three Summers begins with a mystery. Katerina’s absent grandmother is an enigma to her family. Katerina fixates on t…
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