The Seated Woman (Anansi, 72 pages, $23), by Clémence Dumas-Côté and translated by E. S. Taillon, uses a dialogue between the Seated Woman and the Poems to create a collection at once expansive and ...

In the midst of the harshness of winter, many can’t help but remember the original myth of Persephone and Hades. However, many romantic retellings villainize or dismiss Demeter’s grief as a mother.