{"product_id":"nostos-paperback","title":"Nostos - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAnastasia Vassos\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn Anastasia Vassos' beautiful chapbook, \u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003eNostos, \u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e we braid home through Greek myth and memory, through family and our lives today-\u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003eI'm concerned there's less time than ever, \/convinced there's more poetry everywhere.\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e In Vassos' poems, \"ordinary days\" mix with the mystical, moments where God is in the grocery store stacking pomegranates and a speaker\u003ci\u003e \u003ci\u003esaying prayers\/to the so-called dead.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eNostos, \u003c\/i\u003e story is everywhere. \u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003eWho am I to complain of loneliness?\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eshe asks as we find ourselves alive after a pandemic, in \"Achilles in the Twentieth Century.\" These engaging poems captivate and return to family-\u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003eOn her last visit to Greece\/my mother and her two sisters\/left a note in the elbow of an almond tree.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e Vassos' poems profoundly speak to yesterday, today, and tomorrow reminding us of home and returning-\u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003eMy father used to say\/the best part\/of the journey\/was coming home.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eThese poems are a homecoming-let these poems bring you back.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e-Kelli Russell Agodon, author of \u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003eDialogues with Rising Tides\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e (Copper Canyon Press) \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThese poems sing as the ancients did: of hungers and heroes and homecomings, of trials and triumph and loss. With tales from Ancient Greece as her guide, Vassos navigates a modern life, celebrating the abundance of her lineages even while recounting woes. As we negotiate \"the unmuscled arm of Ohio,\" Boston, and, of course, the Aegean, we revel in the \"Ordinary Days\" and exceptional histories she renders with stylistic grace and lasting imagery. These poems entertain nostalgia and yet are urgent and present, driven by the knowledge that \"there's less time than ever,\" and certain of poetry's necessity in the face of it. Here Vassos stands upon the shoulders of beloved poets, modern and ancient alike, and weaves her own beautiful tales that we are better for having read.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e-Amanda Moore, author of \u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003eRequeening\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe poems of Anastasia Vassos' \u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003eNostos\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e are deeply scored with a clear-eyed tenderness and a sharp poetics. This book is rich with poems finely wrought and wise about family, loss, and the visions we have of home and ancient lands. Vassos' poems shine with gorgeousness and grit, each one rising \"above the temporary earth \/ tail swagging \/ in the wind colors \/ translucent against sun's lariat.\" This is a very fine book.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e-Christopher Salerno, author of \u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Man Grave\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 42\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.09 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 06, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42720959987775,"sku":"9781639802579","price":22.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/bde6cbb2f6f835dcdfbbfd567bed5a96.webp?v=1765090680","url":"https:\/\/dhl-adrianne.myshopify.com\/products\/nostos-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}