Not So Ill with You and Me Paperback – May 29, 2015

Papageorgiou uses questions and observations, riddles and curiosities to explore her sentiment that, "Life is for wondering." If you think you don't like poetry, put that prejudice aside...the way the author plays with language in open form is excitingly unexpected.

Not So Ill With You And I , Papageorgio’s lyrical epic poem in 4 chapters, seamlessly picks up where her last work, When You Said No, Did You Mean Never, left off.Papageorgiou returns to her theme of mid-life transition from the narcissistic certitudes of the "me" of early adulthood to the questioning of the existential "I" of middle age as reflected in her observations of a love affair and its nuanced effect on her perspective of the world and her surroundings. Papageorgiou's intensely personal prose is stripped of pretense and explores in a series of sometimes achingly poignant observational memes the raw impact of events and experiences that penetrate deeply, how they echo within and what those echoes reflect of us.In essence, Papageorgiou’s work studies not only what we choose to see but how what we see defines us; a sometimes dark but profoundly celebratory song of the process of maturing, love, loss and the incessantly rich metamorphosis of our identity.A delightful and moving work which merits being read and reread.

From summerly Greece to post-industrial Alabama, from the bay of Naples to 14th century Uppsala, from downtown Athens to Bel Air, Los Angeles, Fani Papageorgiou invites to an existential road trip down to the main questions of mankind: What is life? What is love? Where do we belong?A part of the originality of Papageorgiou's poetry certainly lies in the surprising mental leaps resulting from a wide array of references, ranging from mathematics and physics to history and American country music."One must love language and what it does", especially when it comes to the question whether life has any meaning at all without genuine love.Once you start reading it, you cannot stop. Once you are done, you feel the need to plunge into it again.A great piece of poetry.

I was not so excited with poetry, but this changed since I read "not so ill with you and me". Easy-to-read and full of passion, this book is highly recommended to everyone.

Haunting and beautifully written.