IN THE COMPANY OF HOMER, RITSOS, AND KARAGIOZIS: A Memoir in Poetry and Prose

"This memoir has a structure provided by Homers epics, The Iliad and The Odyssey, and is inspired by the authors three life-long literary companions: the epic poet Homer; the modern Greek poet Yannis Ritsos; and Karagiozis, the Greek shadow puppet theater. It describes the authors dramatic life experiences, including Greece during World War II and the Greek Civil War; immigration to the United States in the 1950s; and the junta military rule of Greece in the 1960-70s"--