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The gifts of 2022

21 December 202212 January 2023 Eleonore Schönmaier

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, photos and a discount gift link. I wish all of you a great start to 2023! Continue reading The gifts of 2022

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Return to Crete

29 October 20225 December 2022 Eleonore Schönmaier

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

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Strella

13 August 202228 October 2022 Eleonore Schönmaier

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.

Continue reading Strella

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Michalis Paraskakis: In Conversation

25 January 202225 October 2022 Eleonore Schönmaier

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

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Poetry in Concert

17 December 202125 October 2022 Eleonore Schönmaier

Panos Gklistis and I had a wonderful time performing our Poetry in Concert. Continue reading Poetry in Concert

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Book Launch for Lost Flower: Preview

17 July 202125 October 2022 Eleonore Schönmaier

I walked in the city forest this week with an American composer who will do the introductions for the Poetry Pop Up. Continue reading Book Launch for Lost Flower: Preview

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Frederic Rzewski

6 July 202125 October 2022 Eleonore Schönmaier

Frederic Rzewski

April 13, 1938- June 26, 2021

He was generous in answering my questions about social class, love, joy and more.

His music will live onwards.

Nocturnes (excerpt). Continue reading Frederic Rzewski

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Notes for Wavelengths

11 October 202019 October 2020 Eleonore Schönmaier

Each envelope contains the research material and drafts for a single poem in Wavelengths of Your Song. I gathered a broad range of information including a photograph of a gold miner working underground, notes on the dietary habits of migratory … Continue reading Notes for Wavelengths

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Conversation in three Scotland concerts

4 September 201826 October 2022 Eleonore Schönmaier

Emily Doolittle’s  Conversation is based on a poem by Eleonore Schönmaier from Treading Fast Rivers (MQUP). Continue reading Conversation in three Scotland concerts

About

Eleonore Schönmaier is the award winning Canadian author of Field Guide to the Lost Flower of Crete (2021), Dust Blown Side of the Journey (2017), Wavelengths of Your Song (2013) and Treading Fast Rivers (1999) all from McGill-Queen’s University Press. Wavelengths of Your Song was published in German translation in 2020 as Wellenlängen deines Liedes (parasitenpresse, Cologne).

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