{"id":4048,"date":"2011-01-31T13:01:35","date_gmt":"2011-01-31T18:01:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.starshipnivan.com\/blog\/?p=4048"},"modified":"2019-12-15T20:20:36","modified_gmt":"2019-12-16T01:20:36","slug":"though-the-moon-be-still-as-bright","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starshipnivan.com\/blog\/?p=4048","title":{"rendered":"Though the Moon Be Still as Bright"},"content":{"rendered":"

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My brief, stark story, Though the Moon Be Still as Bright<\/em><\/a>, is the lead in the latest issue of Cabinet des F\u00e9es<\/em>, Erzebet Yellowboy’s labor of skill and love. Better yet, immediately following it is Christine Lucas’ On Marble Threshing Floors<\/em><\/a>, a story of the Byzantine Amazon Maxim\u00f3 whom I mentioned in my essay about the Akritik\u00e1 folksongs<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Erzebet discusses these connections in her introductory editorial<\/a> to the issue. And wonderfully perceptive reviews have appeared for my essays and poetry in Stone Telling<\/em>.<\/p>\n

From Jessica Wick, co-editor of Goblin Fruit,<\/em> in her review<\/a> of Stone Telling 1:<\/em><\/p>\n

“By far and away my favourite nonfiction piece was “A (Mail)coat of Many Colors: The Songs of the Byzantine Border Guards.” I can’t even pretend detachment. It was just cool. Athena Andreadis places the area’s folk-songs into regional context, history context, into context (again!) against similar Western traditions, and she ties the whole thing into the transformative (and<\/strong> preservative) nature of borderlands. My imagination — and my interest — are both certainly captive, and just as I reached the end of the article and was thinking, Man, I’d really like to hear some of this sung aloud<\/em>, what should the article provide but some audio of Nikos Ksilouris singing a Cretan rendition of the Death of Diyenis. And, man, let me say again: Cool.<\/em><\/strong>“<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

From SF\/F critic Sam “Eithin” in his review of Stone Telling 2:<\/em><\/p>\n

“This poem<\/a> calls up strong echoes of classical Greek hero tales, with its bitter, proud, bronze-voiced evocations of flame, ruin, and exile, but the issue\u2019s focus on women and the ties between women makes it a particularly interesting read. It\u2019s an away<\/em> poem, looking back but resolutely orienting itself forward; remembering, but never regretting a choice.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Even though I’m a feral loner, I’m not immune to the motivating power of recognition. Which brings me to my last piece of news: Two poems of mine were accepted in Bull Spec<\/em><\/a>. They will appear in their summer and fall issue. Perhaps Rose Lemberg, the editor of Stone Telling<\/em>, was right when she told me, “The wilderness is populated by nomads who happen to greatly enjoy your clanging cymbal.” Although I must put away my shaman’s drum for a while — grant deadlines are looming.<\/p>\n

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Images: 1st, Before the Desolation<\/em><\/a>, by Heather D. Oliver — a portrayal that echoes in Though the Moon…<\/em>. 2nd, small wooden ship, the Cyclades, Hellas.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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