Katerina Anghelaki-Rooke. The Scattered Papers of Penelope: New and Selected Poems. Edited by Karen Van Dyck. Saint Paul, MN: Graywolf Press, 2009. xix, 123 p.

ISBN 9781555975197 pbk

In the London edition (London: Anvil Press Poetry, 2008. 127 p.; ISBN 9780856464010) the pagination is different. The UK edition has the following extras: Index of Titles (pp. 121-122), Index of Translators (p. 123), Afterword by the editor (pp. 125-126). It also has footnotes in the Introduction (which are missing in the USA edition described herein).

Karen Van Dyck, "Introduction: The Island of Return" (pp. ix-xix).

From the collection Magdalene, the Vast Mammal [Μαγδαληνή, το μεγάλο θηλαστικό]: "The Body Is the Victory and the Defeat of Dreams", tr. Karen Van Dyck (pp. 3-4).

From The Scattered Papers of Penelope [Τα σκόρπια χαρτιά της Πηνελόπης]: "Penelope Says", tr. Karen Van Dyck (pp. 7-8); "Jealousy", tr. Gail Holst-Warhaft (p. 9); "The Suitors", tr. Karen Van Dyck (pp. 10-12).

From The Triumph of Constant Loss [Ο θρίαμβος της σταθερής απώλειας]: "The Triumph of Constant Loss", tr. Rae Dalven (p. 15); from 'The Angel Poems': II. "Angels are the whores of heaven ..." (p. 16), III. "He would emerge bodily ..." (pp. 17-18), V. "Before they ripen ..." (p. 19), VII. "When an angel grows red ..." (pp. 20-21), "Interlude" (p. 22), VIII. "When angels chance to become lovers ..." (p. 23), X. "If in nature Being becomes secure ..." (p. 24), tr. Kimon Friar.

From Counter Love [Ενάντιος έρωτας]: "I Have a Stone" (p. 27), "Heat" (pp. 28-29), trs. Katerina Anghelaki-Rooke and Jackie Willcox; "The Cicada", tr. Gail Holst-Warhaft (p. 30); "My Plastic Thing" (p. 31), "Writing" (p. 32), trs. Katerina Anghelaki-Rooke and Jackie Willcox; "The Little Ladder", tr. Rae Dalven (p. 33); "Matchsticks", tr. Gail Holst-Warhaft (p. 34); "Beings and Things on Their Own" (p. 35), "The Barber Shop" (p. 36), trs. Katerina Anghelaki-Rooke and Jackie Willcox; "When the Body" (pp. 37-38), "The Spider's Dream" (p. 39), "Sleep" (pp. 40-41), tr. Karen Van Dyck.

From The Suitors [Οι μνηστήρες]: "The Third Summer, or The Catastrophe", tr. Gail Holst-Warhaft (pp. 45-47).

From Epilogue Wind [Επίλογος αέρας]: "The Red Moon", tr. Karen Van Dyck (pp. 51-52); from 'The Narrative of the Self': "The Scar" (pp. 53-54), "Aegina" (pp. 55-56), "The Piglet" (p. 57), trs. Katerina Anghelaki-Rooke and Jackie Willcox; "Epilogue Wind", tr. Karen Van Dyck (p. 58); "The Wedding", tr. Karen Van Dyck (pp. 59-61); from 'Springtime for Yanousa': "Yanousa Counts Her Belongings" (p. 62), "The Heroine Contemplates Her Hand" (p. 63), "The Squirrel Replies to the Woman" (pp. 64-65), "Monastic" (p. 66), "Yanousa and a Poem" (p. 67), "Even Raphael Is Helpless" (p. 68), "Out of Her Life" (p. 69), tr. Karen Van Dyck; "In This House Settling Time's Account" (pp. 70-73), trs. Katerina Anghelaki-Rooke and Jackie Willcox.

From Empty Nature [Άδεια φύση]: 'War Diary': "13th Day, or Dry Land at Last" (p. 77), "14th Day, or The Elimination of the Inner World" (pp. 78-79), "15th Day, or The Lesson" (p. 80), "16th Day, or The End of the Person" (p. 81), "17th Day, or One More Elegy" (p. 82), "18th Day, or The New Order of Things" (p. 83), "19th Day, or What We Know about Sleep" (p. 84), "20th Day, or The Little Phrase" (p. 85), "Days Later, or The Moral Always in Prose" (p. 86), tr. Gail Holst-Warhaft; "Fluffy Things", tr. Karen Van Dyck (p. 87).

From Flesh Is a Beautiful Desert [Ωραία έρημος ωραία η σάρκα]: "The Other Penelope", trs. Edmund and Mary Keeley (pp. 91-92); "The Transcription of a Nightmare" (p. 93), "Love-Struck Reptile" (p. 94), tr. Jane Assimakopoulos.

Lipiu [Λυπιού]: "Lipiu", tr. Karen Van Dyck (pp. 97-101).

New Poems: "Hush Now, Don't Be Afraid ..." (p. 105), "Matter Alone" (p. 106), tr. Karen Van Dyck; "Poetry Guided Me Well", tr. Jane Assimakopoulos (pp. 107-108); "Lipiu Once Again" (pp. 109-112), "Translating Life's End into Love" (pp. 113-114), tr. Karen Van Dyck.

Notes (pp. 115-116); About the Poet and the Translators (pp. 121-123).