Metaxa for Lovers

Christina Strigas takes you on a journey through the Greek celebrations and devastations of life, love, loss, song, and death, using the underlying theme of Metaxa, the popular Greek amber spirit. Strigas explores these themes through memory, events, and narratives, crafting poems that dissect human nature. These are dark poems, written with a combination of stream of consciousness, evoking the confessional poets of our time. With nuances, imagery, and crystal prose, these narrative poems ensure the absolute doubt yet the certainty of the power of love and death combined.

Crossing boundaries and languages, and living in a culturally vibrant city such as Montreal, Strigas utilizes the images of her city and culture to describe her personal relationships with people, strangers, and loved ones. Fresh, raw, and honest poems focus on the stardom and fall of technology and the modern poet, touching upon the reality of our modern world and the exuberant power of technology and its toxicity.

Taking us through childhood moments and adult trauma, "Love & Metaxa" is a poetry book written with wise and engaging wisdom. The reader can easily be drawn into Strigas' universe and feel the world she lives in, as well as understand how it feels to be an immigrant's daughter. She takes us on a trip into her microcosm of fiction and reality, presenting a unique voice with uncommon stories to tell.

Strigas' poems explore how love can survive death, blending the confessional and the universal. With nuanced imagery and crystal prose, she navigates the boundaries of language and culture, drawing from her experiences as an immigrant in a vibrant city. The collection touches on the power and pitfalls of technology, the reality of the modern world, and the deep-rooted emotions of childhood and trauma.

Readers are immersed in Strigas' poetic universe, feeling the weight of her experiences and the complexity of her relationships. The poems traverse the realms of the personal and the universal, inviting the reader to ponder the enduring questions of love, loss, and the human condition. "Love & Metaxa" is a captivating collection that showcases Strigas' uncommon storytelling abilities and her command of language, painting a vivid portrait of her world.

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