JONAS ZDANYS (BR) has published four new books in 2017: Preliudai po lietaus / Preludes After Rain. (Macau, China and Markwell, Australia: Flying Island Books, ASM, and Cerberus Press 2017. Pocket Poets Series); St. Brigid’s Well. (Chicago: Purple Flag Press 2017); Two Voices/Du Balsai. Jonas Zdanys and Kornelijus Platelis. Poems and translations. (Chicago: Purple Flag Press 2017); and Three White Horses. Poems by Jonas Zdanys, Paintings by Sou Vai Keng. (Beaumont: Lamar University Literary Press 2017). But the best event of the year was the birth of his second granddaughter, Julia, in April; she joins her sister Laura (age 4)– both daughters of my daughter Kristina ’04, ’08 Med.