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I’m deeply honoured to have this thoughtful and perceptive review in the Montreal Review of Books. “Schönmaier writes with remarkable clarity and restraint about memory, landscape, music, and duration… Continue reading Rush of Wingspan: Montreal Review of Books
Panos Gklistis and I had a great Rush of Wingspan Poetry in Concert last weekend. Working with Panos is an absolute pleasure. Our creative ideas merge in an intuitive and organic way. This results in a fully integrated Continue reading Rush of Wingspan: Poetry in Concert
Panos Gklistis and I had a wonderful Rush of Wingspan Poetry in Concert rehearsal yesterday. It sounded so gorgeous that I said to him I want to sit in the audience but of course I can’t be in two places at once. I’ll be reciting poetry while Panos creates amazing sound Continue reading Poetry in Concert: Rehearsal
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The first book launch for Rush of Wingspan will be Poetry in Concert. Continue reading Rush of Wingspan: Poetry in Concert
Highlights of 2025: Athens Epidaurus Festival, Early Music Vancouver Festival, and forthcoming Rush of Wingspan (MQUP, March 2026). In the ongoing tumult of the world may 2026 also reveal wonder to us. Continue reading Amazing year of 2025
Rush of Wingspan feels truly real now. I love viewing the proof pages, and I enjoy working on the final details so that the book can be as perfect as it can be (while realizing one can never actually reach … Continue reading Rush of Wingspan: Proof Pages
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During the weekend of June 7th I was in Greece. I attended rehearsals and watched the premiere of Field Guide [to the Lost Flower] as part of the Athens Epidaurus Festival. It was an immense experience.
Continue reading Field Guide [to the Lost Flower] Athens Premiere
My forthcoming poetry collection Rush of Wingspan will be published by McGill-Queen’s University Press in early 2026. I’ve just signed the contract. Plus more info about music-theatre and song premieres. And photos. Continue reading Book Contract
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A song composed by Dorothy Chang and based on my poem “Knot” premiered at the Early Music Vancouver festival. The event combined baroque and Chinese musical instruments. Continue reading Vancouver: Song Premiere
Field Guide [to the Lost Flower] is a multimedia music theatre piece by composer Michalis Paraskakis based on my poetry. I attended the premiere on Saturday June 7, 2025 at Subset Festival / Athens Epidaurus Festival.
Continue reading Athens: Music Theater Premiere
It has been a wonderful year and I’m grateful to all of you for your ongoing support and encouragement. In this post you’ll find a summary of the year including photos. Continue reading The gifts of 2022
I retraced some of the memories that formed Field Guide to the Lost Flower of Crete along with doing new research in the form of notes and photographs (some of which you can view in this post). Michalis Paraskakis and I sat in… Continue reading Return to Crete
For those of you who watched my January poetry in conversation with composer Michalis Paraskakis you may also be interested in knowing about his forthcoming opera Strella which was commissioned by the Greek National Opera. Plus the Field Guide is featured in the Queen’s Alumni Review.
The Greek composer Michalis Parakakis and I had a wide ranging conversation about our individual and collaboration creative process. Continue reading Michalis Paraskakis: In Conversation
Panos Gklistis and I had a wonderful time performing our Poetry in Concert. Continue reading Poetry in Concert