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Description: written from a poem by Anna Couani about genealogy and Yota Krili's novels in Greek

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written from a poem by Anna Couani about genealogy and Yota Krili's novels in Greek

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she
taping people from her village
The Peloponnese in an agrarian past
collecting voices that will disappear forever
then standing on this edifice
to look backwards
and then deeper, into the 18th century
now like a roaring train, a novel
the history of Greece, so tragic
she says

another she
doing genealogical research
first the family
the migrations, then back
back to the island
becomes
becomes a whole history
Ithaca
the Venetians
the Turks
the Byzantines

very different, she said
we had war

in one of her windows
the mandarin tree stands
in the centre of a brick paved yard
in another window
the lace curtain
shields the lemon tree
180° of glass
the vlita, the horta in the garden

this beautiful peaceful space

In another window
Skype video
I see them
doing genealogical research
and the search on our name
a Byzantine tangle
a clan under the radar
maybe secret Turks or secret Jews
escaping the Inquisition

they had records, you know
the Venetians
so Ithaca is a different matter

I hold up the page of the book
to the Skype camera
this proves there were Couani’s on Kastellorizo
a page from this old book
strangely printed in landscape orientation
with the list of boat owners – Κουανης

and he
on video Skype
an English life
reaching back to France, Egypt, Africa
finishing an autobiography

I sit in her living room
a window opens
I see him

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released June 16, 2021
composition & bass: Anna Couani
vocals: Elizabeth Slottje
sound engineer & guitar: Andy Campbell

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Anna Couani Sydney, Australia

Anna Couani is a writer and visual artist who runs The Shop Gallery in Glebe, Sydney Australia with her husband sculptor Hilik Mirankar. Her visual art can be viewed at sesquitria.blogspot.com

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