Tag Rika Lesser

October 25, 2012
in Literature, Margellos Series

The Poetry of Kiki Dimoula

October 25, 2012
in Literature, Margellos Series

“These beautiful poems are reflections of a cloudy sky in earthly words. Their rays of light, also, their reasons for hope.” —Yves Bonnefoy The Brazen Plagiarist: Selected Poems compiles a poignant selection of poems from the oeuvre of Greek poetess Kiki Dimoula, to be published next month by Yale University Press. In

July 25, 2011
in Literature, Margellos Series

Crazy Connections in Mozart’s Third Brain

July 25, 2011
in Literature, Margellos Series

Without meaning to, Rika Lesser has assumed the title of sole English translator of Göran Sonnevi’s poetry. She was not even interested in the work until she heard the poems from his own mouth, noting, “[H]earing Sonnevi read aloud utterly changed my view of his work. I would not have