Swimming Against the Stream

December 11, 2023, marked the tenth anniversary of the death at age 64 of the poet, essayist, and translator Regina (pronounced with a hard “g”) Derieva. February 7, 2024, marks the 75^th anniversary of her birth. Her faithful widower, the iconographer, liturgical artist, and guardian of her work, Alexander Deriev tells me that a Swedish publisher will be bringing out a large collection of her poetry this year; so too will an American publisher of her works in English. Readers may want to take a look at two recent collections of this remarkable woman’s work.