{"product_id":"wherever-the-sweet-breeze-blows","title":"Wherever the Sweet Breeze Blows","description":"\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;\"\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;\"\u003eLiana Sakelliou\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e has published thirty books of poetry and criticism as well as translations of Ralph Waldo Emerson, Sylvia Plath, Emily Dickinson, H.D., Denise Levertov, and Gary Snyder. Her own poems have been translated into twelve European languages—including her most recent volume of poems \u003ci\u003eSequentiae \u003c\/i\u003e(2024) in Romanian, and \u003ci\u003eThis Side of Eden \u003c\/i\u003e(2025) in Romanian and English—and have appeared in a number of anthologies and international journals.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"\u003eShe is Professor Emerita of the Department of English Language and Literature at the University of Athens. The recipient of grants from, among others, the Fulbright Foundation and the Department of Hellenic Studies of Princeton University, Ms. Sakelliou served as a member of the Administrative Council of the Greek Authors Society, and was Chair of the Selection Committee for the European Union Prize for Literature. \u003ci\u003eὍπου φυσᾶ γλυκὰ ἡ αὔρα\u003c\/i\u003e (The Greek original of \u003ci\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;\"\u003eWherever the Sweet Breeze Blows\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;\"\u003e) was a finalist for the \u003c\/span\u003eGreek National Poetry Award.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eAbout the Translator\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"\u003eBorn in Nevada and raised in California, \u003cstrong\u003eDon Schofield\u003c\/strong\u003e is a graduate of the University of Montana (MFA, 1980).\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"\u003eA resident of Greece for many years, he has taught literature and creative writing at American, British, and Greek universities and traveled extensively throughout Europe, the Middle East, and farther afield. Fluent in Greek, a citizen of both his homeland and his adopted country, he is the editor of the anthology \u003ci\u003eKindled Terraces: American Poets in Greece\u003c\/i\u003e (Truman State University Press), and has published six books of poetry in the U.S., the first of which, \u003ci\u003eApproximately\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eParadise\u003c\/i\u003e (University Press of Florida), was a finalist for the 1985 Walt Whitman Award, and a more recent collection, \u003ci\u003eIn Lands Imagination Favors\u003c\/i\u003e (Dos Madres Press), reached the final round for the 2015 Rubery Book Award (UK). His translations of contemporary Greek poets have been honored by the London Hellenic Society, shortlisted for the Greek National Translation Award and nominated for a Pushcart Prize. Six poems from his latest poetry book, \u003ci\u003eA Different Heaven: New \u0026amp; Selected Poems\u003c\/i\u003e (Dos Madres Press 2023), were also nominated for a Pushcart Prize. His memoir \u003ci\u003eFrom the Cyclops Cave\u003c\/i\u003e (Open Book Press) came out this past fall. Currently he lives in both Athens and Thessaloniki.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePaperback: 152 pages\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Kelsay Books (March 27, 2026)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAlso available on \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/B0GX2Y7LHT\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003eKindle\u003c\/a\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/B0FHKCX3CZ\/ref=sr_1_1?crid=22XZL2U7UTZIQ\u0026amp;dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.tqV4juglmVZSvnayWLOdOLRRNJvznwD2lek2ObqC7Rg.XHHq2t02k4t7fKXPOKP0icdrwX6-TVIG8ZmCnt8O82s\u0026amp;dib_tag=se\u0026amp;keywords=rasmussen+chakana\u0026amp;qid=1752604280\u0026amp;sprefix=rasmussen+chakana%2Caps%2C125\u0026amp;sr=8-1\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Kelsay Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53224701821112,"sku":null,"price":23.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0013\/0800\/0329\/files\/sakelliou5-front.jpg?v=1775186535","url":"https:\/\/kelsaybooks.com\/products\/wherever-the-sweet-breeze-blows","provider":"Kelsay Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}