Connie Stamos

Tracing the Times Connie Stamos

Enlarged paperback, includes author's preface and translator's foreword, 122 pages, print-on-demand (ships in 5 business days). The "prequel" of "The tiller of the times", "Tracing the Times" (original Greek text, 2005) by Athens lawyer and poet, Augerinos Andreou, was translated and published in English (2013-2014) by Connie Stamos. Andreou has written modern Greek poetry about themes from antiquity and Greek history, as well as his reflections on the harshness of city life as opposed to the poet's birthplace in Ano Kalendini, Arta. Capturing the narratives and the style of folk songs of Epirus, Andreou curates the words, sounds, music, nature and imagery of his homeland. This work is enmeshed in the lives of both authors, as they tried to face adversity and loss with courage while nurturing their crafts.