Don Schofield @don-schofield.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Here are some pics from the four-day poetry festival in Nafpaktos, Greece last Fri thru Mon, an amazing event. First, Days 1/2... 010
Don Schofield @don-schofield.bsky.social · 20/09/2026If you’re free this Wednesday (11 am EST), drop in on “For Love of Memoir,” a well-known podcast dedicated to “raw, honest conversations with memoir authors.” That’s when the host Erin Swanson will interview me about FROM THE CYCLOPS CAVE: A BRAIDED MEMOIR.<https://www.youtube.com/@forloveofmemoir> 122
Don Schofield @don-schofield.bsky.social · 08/09/2026Yet one more reason to give thanks aplenty to Elizabeth Boleman-Herring and the other folks at WEEKLY HUBRIS, this time for enabling me to gather all my “Homer” poems together in one place, ala The Phaeakians. weeklyhubris.com/drifting-tow... #Bookstagram, #Bookish, #BookCommunity 040
Don Schofield @don-schofield.bsky.social · 19/08/2026What a joy returning for three weeks this past July to the “Cyclops Cove.” What I call the bay on Kythnos from which sprang my memoir now that the cave—that primitive domicile I lived in in the ‘90s—is no longer there. Its spirit, though, like the island’s drystone walls, will always be there. 052
Don Schofield @don-schofield.bsky.social · 09/08/2026Just back from Crete where I spent several days in Matala (think Joni Mitchell's "Blue") with my dear friends and fellow poets Michael and Mihaela, and took a quick jaunt to Rethymno to visit another longtime friend (and former ULV colleague) Chris Parnassus and some of her good friends. 040
Don Schofield @don-schofield.bsky.social · 03/08/2026Today’s Odyssey poem (again in two parts), one of mine, is a persona poem in the voice of Eidothea, the daughter of that well-known shape-shifting soothsayer Proteus... 071
Don Schofield @don-schofield.bsky.social · 01/08/2026Today’s “Odyssey” poem is “The King of Asini” is by the Greek Nobel poet George Seferis... 051
Don Schofield @don-schofield.bsky.social · 29/07/2026So here’s another “Odyssey” poem, one of my own, a sonnet of sorts in the voice of Cassandra... 020
Don Schofield @don-schofield.bsky.social · 26/07/2026Today’s “Odyssey” poem is one by Louise Glück, a short one in the voice of Odysseus’ son... TELEMACHUS’ DETACHMENT When I was a child looking at my parent’s lives, you know what I thought? I thought Heartbreaking. Now I think heartbreaking, but also insane. Also very funny. From MEADOWLANDS 041
Don Schofield @don-schofield.bsky.social · 21/07/2026Again riding the wake of Nolan’s ODYSSEY, a poem riffing off the return of that “[Complicated] Man of Many Ways”... 031
Don Schofield @don-schofield.bsky.social · 19/07/2026suddenly, on this night of return, turned to black ash fluttering against the low sky of her final endurance. 040
Don Schofield @don-schofield.bsky.social · 19/07/2026the suitors sprawled on the floor, as if she were seeing her own slaughtered desires. Welcome, she said, her voice distant, strange. In the corner her loom filled the ceiling with a lattice of shadows, and all the birds she’d ever woven with bright red threads amid green foliage ... 011
Don Schofield @don-schofield.bsky.social · 19/07/2026she looked for an excuse, a little more time to not answer, not give anything away. Was it for him she’d lost twenty years, twenty years of waiting and dreaming for this wretched man, this blood-drenched white-beard? Speechless, she collapsed into a chair, then slowly surveyed ... 010
Don Schofield @don-schofield.bsky.social · 19/07/2026It wasn’t that she didn’t recognize him there in the light of the fireplace, it wasn’t the beggar’s rags, the disguise—no, there were clear signs: the scar on his knee, his muscular build, the cunning in his eye. Pressing her back against the wall, frightened,... 010
Don Schofield @don-schofield.bsky.social · 19/07/2026With all the Who, Why and Wherefore surrounding Nolan’s THE ODYSSEY, I thought I’d join in by posting a few of my own poems alluding in one way or another to my favorite epic. But first, my translation of a well-known Yiannis Ritsos poem PENELOPE’S DESPAIR... 010
Don Schofield @don-schofield.bsky.social · 17/07/2026Many thanks to the New York Book Festival curating committee for awarding FROM THE CYCLOPS CAVE Honorable Mention in this year’s Memoir category. 130
Don Schofield @don-schofield.bsky.social · 22/06/2026Those of you who might be on Paros today, come to Parikia this evening, 8 pm, to the Anagenisi Bookstore, for a convivial presentation on childhood, living in Greece and my new book, FROM THE CYCLOPS CAVE. Local writers Dolores Krok and Hava Kohl-Riggs will also be talking. 010
Don Schofield @don-schofield.bsky.social · 19/06/2026Warm thanks to the San Francisco Book Festival curating committee for awarding FROM THE CYCLOPS CAVE Honorable Mention in this year’s Memoir category. Their recognition feels especially gratifying since part of my book is set in the City, where I lived in my mid-teens (corner of Fulton and Steiner). 130
Don Schofield @don-schofield.bsky.social · 17/06/2026Here we are yesterday evening, Theodore Poulis and I, at Meteoritis Bookstore in Kypseli. On a lovely June evening, we’re reading from our recent books and talking about myth and memory, realism and imagination, among the plane trees and passersby of Fokionos Negri. Thank you, Benoit. 000
Don Schofield @don-schofield.bsky.social · 12/06/2026If you have the good fortune of being on or near the island of Paros in late June, join us on the evening of the 22nd for the Cycladic launch of my latest book, FROM THE CYCLOPS CAVE: A BRAIDED MEMOIR. 8 pm, at the Renaissance (International) Bookstore in Parikia. It’ll be great to see you there. 240
Don Schofield @don-schofield.bsky.social · 10/06/2026A gentle reminder that Theodoros Poulis and I will be reading at Meteoritis Bookstore (Fokinos Negri 68, Kypseli) next Tuesday, the 16th, at 7 pm. He’ll be reading from his novel, BEYOND THE LIZARD SKIN, and I from my memoir FROM THE CYCLOPS CAVE. We look forward to seeing you there. 131
Don Schofield @don-schofield.bsky.social · 08/06/2026“Stories Around the Fire”: In the twilight hours last Saturday, on the Hill of the Nymphs, in the Garden of the Athens Observatory, a performance piece by poets from @frmkmagazine... Just describing it here brings back the wonder of that performance, that evening, that place... 010
Don Schofield @don-schofield.bsky.social · 03/06/2026Meteoritis Bookshop, Fokinos Negri 68, Kypseli. June 16, 7 pm. 140
Don Schofield @don-schofield.bsky.social · 03/06/2026I want to thank Alice, Christina and the other good people at TEO Books & Coffee for hosting last evening’s presentation HOW TO TAME A MEMOIR. We had a lively, and at times very introspective, discussion about writing autobiographies, their rewards and struggles. 370
Don Schofield @don-schofield.bsky.social · 28/05/2026Forgot to mention the 20 euro fee for participants in the earlier announcement, which includes a copy of my memoir. Workshop limited to 15 participants, so come early. Still, hoping to see you there. 040
Don Schofield @don-schofield.bsky.social · 25/05/2026If you’re in Athens on June 2nd, and want to talk about “How To Tame a Memoir,” come join us—6 pm, at TEO Coffee & Books (Dousmani 3, Glyfada, 210 898 1681). Since it’s a workshop, we’ll try to limit the number of participants to 15, so come early. Hope to see you there! 0110
Don Schofield @don-schofield.bsky.social · 11/05/2026Just back from a fine three days in Bitola, N. Macedonia, where I participated in their 13th annual literary festival. Many thanks to Mihajlo Sviderski, his fellow organizers, writers and attendees, all of whom helped open my eyes, ears and heart to the rewards and struggles for Balkan writer today. 050
Don Schofield @don-schofield.bsky.social · 26/04/2026And what fun at the taverna afterward, lively conversation with friends (like Elsa Korneti, to my left) and intimates (like Aleka, to my right), and the pleasure of reading a Tess Gallagher poem hinting at her own intimates. #BookSky #memoir #Bookstagram #AuthorSky #Wanderlust #literary #Greece 0131
Don Schofield @don-schofield.bsky.social · 26/04/2026What a wonderful book launch we had at Mythistoria Bookstore Friday. Many thanks to Stella and Gina for arranging everything, including wine and hors d'oeuvres after. Deep gratitude to Tatiani Raptatzikou and Elsa Korneti for opening up many dimensions of FROM THE CYCLOPS CAVE to the audience. 040
Don Schofield @don-schofield.bsky.social · 21/04/2026If you're in the Thessaloniki area Friday evening, April 24, come join our book launch for my memoir, FROM THE CYCLOPS CAVE, with Tatiani Rapatzikou, Elsa Corneti and yours truly, Don Schofield. 8 pm at Mythistoria Bookstore. We’d love to see you. #BookSky #authorinterview #book #memoir #memoirs 0120
Don Schofield @don-schofield.bsky.social · 17/04/2026Thank you to Kelsay Books for publishing my translations of Liana Sakelliou's WHEREVER THE SWEET BREEZE BLOWS. Such a beautiful book! And Ms. Sakelliou’s poems in the original Greek are equally engaging.... #Greece, #VisitGreece, #Greecestagram, #GreekSummer #Bookstagram, #Bookish, #NewRelease 070
Don Schofield @don-schofield.bsky.social · 13/04/2026Now, with spring spreading its wings, you might be looking for a good read. If so, take a look at “A Visual Preview” of my recently released memoir FROM THE CYCLOPS CAVE... #BookSky #authorinterview #book #memoir #memoirs #bookclub #booktok #currentlyreading #writing #writersky #kindlebooks 2151
Don Schofield @don-schofield.bsky.social · 02/04/2026Halleluiah! An excellent review from Kirkus. Praise the gatekeepers! #BookSky #authorinterview #memoir #bookclub #writing #writersky #kindlebooks #Bookstagram #Bookstodon #ebooks #AuthorSky #writers #writercommunity #Wanderlust #readersky #literary #bildungsroman #Greece #readingcommunity 0120
Don Schofield @don-schofield.bsky.social · 01/04/2026I am pleased to announce that my memoir FROM THE CYCLOPS CAVE is now available at the following bookshops in Greece: ATHENS: Meteoritis, Fokionos Negri 68, Kypseli TEO Books & Coffee, Dousmani 3, Glyfada THESSALONIKI: Mythistoria Bookstore, Vafopoulou 20 Saixpirikon, Patriarchou Ioakim 8 030
Don Schofield @don-schofield.bsky.social · 15/02/2026Images from--and associated with--my memoir, FROM THE CYCLOPS CAVE. Just out. #BookSky #authorinterview #memoir #bookclub #writing #writersky #kindlebooks #Bookstagram #Bookstodon #ebooks #AuthorSky #writers #writercommunity #Wanderlust #readersky #literary #bildungsroman #Greece #readingcommunity 050
Don Schofield @don-schofield.bsky.social · 08/02/2026"...Schofield is no gauzy describer of Greek nature, its sounds and smells, the fresh vegetables and fruit that he eats, the look of light on the Aegean at different times of day. [He] takes pleasure in daily activities. He embraces physical challenges." --Open Letters Review 020
