Department of English
Box 751
Portland, OR 97207
(503) 725-3590
(503) 725-3561 (F)
Areas of Specialization
Modern Greek Fiction
Modern Greek History
Modern Greek Culture
Fiction (see below)
Film Noir
Fiction and Film
Ethnic History:
A Surge to the Sea: A Photographic History of the Greeks in Oregon (1977)
Out of our Past: The First 75 Years of the Greek Orthodox Community of Oregon, (1983)
Courses Taught in Modern Greek Studies
George Seferis and Modern Greek Poetry (seminar)
Nikos Kazantzakis (seminar)
Modern Greek Literature in Translation
Comments and Additional Information
Two memoirs:
"Nana Kallianesi: Patron of Writers in a Time of Turmoil," Hellenic Quarterly, No, 8 Spring (2001)
"The Colossus at Zonar's: George Katsimbalis in Decline," Mondo Greco, Nos. 6/7, Fall 2001/Spring 2002
Currently at work on
1. The Iron Storm, literary culture during the Greek Junta years
2. City of Brotherly Love, the Second Generation (sequel to The Open Hearth)