{"title":"Phoebe Giannisi","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePhoebe Giannisi\u003c\/strong\u003e crafts immersive narratives that explore the intersections of travel and culture, inviting readers on journeys both external and internal. Her works, such as \u003cem\u003eChimera\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eCicada\u003c\/em\u003e, delve into the nuances of place, identity, and the artistry found within everyday adventures.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWith a keen eye for detail and a reflective voice, Giannisi’s writing captures the spirit of exploration and the subtleties of human experience. Her stories appeal to those who appreciate thoughtful storytelling rooted in the rich tapestry of arts and cultural discovery.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"chimera-by-phoebe-giannisi-9780811237826","title":"Chimera","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn her third collection in English, Phoebe Giannisi lays out her vision for a chimeric poetics that blends field recordings, state archives, and ancient texts.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe centre of \u003cem\u003eChimera\u003c\/em\u003e engages with a three-year field research project on the goat-herding practices of the Vlachs, a nomadic people of Northern Greece and the Southern Balkans, who speak their own language. In these poems, day-to-day activities such as shearing and shepherding mix with snippets of conversations, oral tradition, and song, locating a larger story in this ancient marriage between humans and animals.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThrough her poetry and fieldwork, this mytho-historical connection between metamorphosis and utterance takes form in what the Greek newspaper \u003cem\u003eKathimerini\u003c\/em\u003e calls \"a bold achievement… a studio wherein poems and other texts, other voices, become exhibited.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47072150651116,"sku":"9780811237826","price":31.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/22762223482476.jpg?v=1765082281"},{"product_id":"cicada-by-phoebe-giannisi-9780811230230","title":"Cicada","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBy one of Greece's foremost contemporary poets, \u003cem\u003eCicada\u003c\/em\u003e is Phoebe Giannisi's second collection in English. The cicada signifies metamorphosis in this breathtaking, lyrical book, which evokes the spirits of Archilochus, Plato, Empedocles, and Heraclitus.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAs the translator Brian Sneeden remarks: \"The 'I' in Giannisi's poetry is never static, never a fixed point, but part of a process of rebodying the ambient.\" Yet, despite the fluid, mythic nature of Giannisi's poems, they are also exquisitely rooted in the everyday: the sea heard through a window, the murmur of a distant mechanical crane, a damp wind, a photo of John and Yoko.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eGiannisi is a poet internationally known for her idiosyncratic eco-poetics, as well as her poetic multimedia works and performances, and most of all for her brilliant vision glowing at the borders of language, voice, place, and memory.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47596007325932,"sku":"9780811230230","price":31.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/ea4067e359956f7a701cb3f8ef834c0b.jpg?v=1777932306"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.live\/collections\/phoebe-giannisi.oembed","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}