Multigenre diasporic material for reading: archival pieces, articles, bibliographies, blogs, book reviews, editorials, essays, interviews, memoirs, poetry, poetry reviews, review essays
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Archive Building
Leontis, Artemis. 1998. “A Greek-American Sense of Place.” MGSA Bulletin. Modern Greek Studies Association. John O. Iatrides, ed. Vol. XXX No. 2 (Fall): 58–61. January 10. https://ergon.scienzine.com/.../a-greek-american-sense-of...
Keywords: Travels to Greece; Traveler’s Memoir; “Diaspora Visiting Greece: Making Home”; Greek-American Sense of Place; Artemis Leontis.
Christian McEwen. 2000. “Olga Broumas’s Body Language.” Greece In Print: A Magazine of Greek Literature and Culture. The Hellenic Literature Society’s Literary Review. No. 140 (January): 19–20, 32. January 11. https://ergon.scienzine.com/.../olga-broumas-body-language
Keywords: Greek American Poetry; Olga Broumas; Greek American Literary Magazines.
Παλαιολόγος, Παύλος. 1972. «Οι Έλληνες Έξω από την Ελλάδα: Ορθοδοξία και Γένος». Μπίρης. January 24. https://ergon.scienzine.com/.../oi-ellines-exo-apo-tin...
Keywords: Ethnoreligious Nationalism; US Greek Orthodoxy as Spiritual and Cultural Center; The Greek Orthodox Archdiocese’s Clergy–Laity Congress (New York City, 1970) and Internal Conflicts over Identity; Language Loss; Folk Dances and Identity; Greek Journalists & Authors Visiting Greek America.
Karanikas, Alexander. 2002. “A Bouquet of Praise for Helen Papanikolas.” Greece In Print: A Journal of Greek Literature and Culture. The Hellenic Literature Society’s Literary Review. No. 170/171 (July/August): 13–14. January 27. https://ergon.scienzine.com/.../archive.../helen-papanikolas
Keywords: Greek American History; Helen Papanikolas; “An Amulet of Greek Earth”; Alexander Karanikas; Greek American Literary Magazines.
Articles
Nicholas Ezra Field. 2025. “Romancing Greek History: Sophocles Papas and the Cosmopolitan Classicization of American Music.” October 3. https://ergon.scienzine.com/article/music/sophocles-papas
Bibliographies
Angeliki Tsiotinou, 2025. “Bibliography on Greek America (2024).” [with extensive references to Greece’s Strategic Plan for the Diaspora / Στρατηγικό Σχέδιο του ΥΠΕΞ για τον Απόδημο Ελληνισμό]. April 17.
Blogs
Alexandros Balasis. 2025. “Mapping Greek Businesses in Toronto, 1910s to 1960s:
A Digital Humanities Project.” March 16. https://ergon.scienzine.com/.../mapping-greek-businesses...
Gregory Jusdanis. 2025. “The Anarchist and the Saint.” [Profiles of Ludlow.] July 20. https://ergon.scienzine.com/.../the-anarchist-and-the-saint
Yiorgos Anagnostou. 2025. “Diasporic Presences, Pedagogical Prospects: Toward a Transnational Greek Language Classroom.” November 8. https://ergon.scienzine.com/.../diasporic-presences...
Book Reviews
David M. K. Sheinin. 2025. Review of Steven Johnson, Jim Londos: The Golden Greek of Professional Wrestling. Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Company, Inc., 2025. February 6. https://ergon.scienzine.com/article/books/jim-londos
Yiorgos D. Kalogeras. 2025. Review of Konstantinos Dioyos, The Greek Vision for the United States of America: From the Greek Revolution to World War I. [Κωνσταντίνος Διώγος, «Το όραμα των Ελλήνων για τις Ηνωμένες Πολιτείες της Αμερικής. Από την Ελληνική Επανάσταση έως τον Α΄ Παγκόσμιο πόλεμο».] Athens: Alexandria, 2024. June 8. https://ergon.scienzine.com/.../from-the-greek-revolution...
Αργύριος Σακοράφας. 2025. Review of Νίκη Τρουλλινού, Διασχίζοντας τον ωκεανό / Crossing the Ocean. Μετάφραση Eleni Hall Manolaraki. Χανιά: Πυξίδα της Πόλης, 2025. Νοέμβριος 19. https://ergon.scienzine.com/article/books/crossing-the-ocean
Editorials
Yiorgos Anagnostou. 2025. «Ιστορικές υποχωρήσεις και αποχωρήσεις: Πολιτικά κάλαντα από τη διασπορά». January 1. https://ergon.scienzine.com/.../politika-kalanta-apo-ti...
Essays
Zeese Papanikolas. 2025. “The Grandfather I Never Knew: An Excerpt from a Family Memoir.” March 8. https://ergon.scienzine.com/.../the-grandfather-i-never-knew
Interviews
“Kalliope X: Positions, Poetics, Politics of Difference”––An Interview with Dimitris Troaditis, George Mouratidis, and Angela Costi. Interview by Yiorgos Anagnostou. January 25.
“Conversations with Dan Georgakas.” (An interview series with Alexander Kitroeff and Yiorgos Anagnostou). “Introduction.” February 14. https://ergon.scienzine.com/.../conversations-with-dan...
“Conversations with Dan Georgakas.” Topic: Journal of the Hellenic Diaspora. Interview by Yiorgos Anagnostou. March 3. https://ergon.scienzine.com/.../journal-of-the-hellenic...
Poetry
Luisa Muradyan. 2025. “Four Poems.” February 25. https://ergon.scienzine.com/.../four-poems-luisa-muradyan
George Kalogeris. 2025. “Seven Poems.” March 15. https://ergon.scienzine.com/.../george-kalogeris-seven-poems
Liana Sakelliou. 2025. “Three poems.” June 12. https://ergon.scienzine.com/.../tra.../sakelliou-three-poems
Helen Koukoutsis. 2025. “Two Poems.” August 6. https://ergon.scienzine.com/.../two-poems-helen-koukoutsis
George Kalamaras. 2025. “Three Poems.” August 8. https://ergon.scienzine.com/.../three-poems-george-kalamaras
David Mason. 2025. “Three Poems and Two Translations.” October 23. https://ergon.scienzine.com/.../three-poems-and-two...
Review Essays
Yiorgos Anagnostou. 2025. “The Past, Present, Future: Voicing Greek Australian Dreaming.” Review essay of Helen Vatsikopoulos ed., Hellenic Dreaming. The Greek Orthodox Community of New South Wales, 2024. April 5. https://ergon.scienzine.com/.../voicing-greek-australian...
Konstantinos Diogos. 2025. Review essay of Andrew E. Manatos, The Extraordinary Greek People: Their Remarkable Achievements and Philosophy for Living from Ancient Times to Today. Traverse City, MI: Mission Point Press. 2022. April 14. https://ergon.scienzine.com/.../the-extraordinary-greek...
Anastasia Christou. 2025. “Community, Care and Country: Conversations with Two Volumes of the Hellenism in the Heartland Series.” Review essay of (1) John P. Psiharis, Working to Preserve Our Heritage: The Incredible Legacy of Greek-American Community Services (Hellenism in the Heartland). Volume 1 of Series. Chicago: Greek American Press, 2023. And (2) John P. Psiharis, Breaking Ground: The Inside Story of Chicago’s Greek Nursing Home Movement (Hellenism in the Heartland). Volume 2 of Series. Chicago: Greek American Press, 2024. April 26. https://ergon.scienzine.com/.../community-care-and-country
Poetry Reviews
Adrianne Kalfopoulou. 2025. Review of Catherine Strisik, Goat, Goddess, Moon. Holy Cow! Press. 2025. October 19. https://ergon.scienzine.com/article/books/goat-goddess-moon
