“rika lesser”

.,."This time, and in a very different place, the poet ventures upon a much more perilous dig, framing an archeology of the self which requires not only testimony but evidence, not only comment but construction. She disinters along 'boundaries of pain' which Dickinson, her surest mentor, identifies ... More

"Artfully understated retelling and magnificent paintings result in an unsurpassable presentation of the ancient fairytale.--Publishers Weekly.The first Grimm tale illustrated by 1998 Caldecott medalist Paul O. Zelinsky is once again available in hardcover. Originally published in 1984, Zelinsky's p... More

In the spring of 1922, several months after completing "Siddhartha," Hermann Hesse wrote a fairy tale that was also a love story, inspired by the woman who was to become his second wife. That story, "Pictor's Metamorphoses," is the centerpiece of this anthology of Hesse's luminous short fiction. Bas... More

"In the poems of Growing Back, Rika Lesser finds herself creating a personal and literary archaeology. Steely-eyed and soft-hearted, Lesser makes her way back to her aesthetic and emotional origins, then grows up through them in this unusual book spanning twenty years of musing, grousing, focusing, ... More

"In the poems of Growing Back, Rika Lesser finds herself creating a personal and literary archaeology. Steely-eyed and soft-hearted, Lesser makes her way back to her aesthetic and emotional origins, then grows up through them in this unusual book spanning twenty years of musing, grousing, focusing, ... More

'Goran Sonnevi's presence in Swedish poetry of this century is a powerful one... At his best, he is a sensuous, ethical poet, a surprising union. Rika Lesser's translations are skillful and true.' - Robert BlyGoran Sonnevi is one of Sweden's most celebrated, respected, and prolific poets. For this f... More

Rika Lesser through-composes her books of poems; they are not albums but unities. They are meant to be read in one sitting and can be fearfully intense. In Etruscan Things she followed the circular map of the Etruscan heavens. In All We Need of Hell she seeks to escape the locked boxes of psychiatri... More

As Virgil guided Dante through the inferno, so the great Swedish poet Gunnar Ekelf guides us through his (and our own) underworld of dreams and visions, an underworld peopled by the voices of nameless shadows.... More