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By Robert Krause little diner. He went to work every Greek work ethic” as he calls it. His Special to The National Herald day. Every day and he did good latest best selling novel “The Night work.” Gardener” is his 14th novel in as For best-selling author George P. An earlier Pelecanos novel from many years. During that time he SOTERIOS ELLENAS Pelecanos, family and heritage are 1996, “The Big Blowdown,” fea- was also executive producer of four the essentials. When I spoke with tures much biographical informa- films, including the documentary PAROCHIAL SCHOOL him in September, he seemed ini- tion of Pelecanos’ family. “My Dad “The Long Haul of A.I. Bezzerides.” tially tired from a working trip to grew up poor in Chinatown after he Since 2002 he’s been a writing con- KIMISIS THEOTOKOU Baltimore, but he quickly became came over from Greece. He fought tributor to the critically acclaimed GREEK ORTHODOX enthusiastic and energized. in the Pacific in the Philippines. It’s HBO series “The Wire,” which has Pelecanos’ latest novel, “The his story up to (a) point of that been picked up for a fifth season. CHURCH Night Gardener,” is described on book. My Mom makes a cameo. All Somehow he also finds time to 224-18th Street the author’s website as, “The haunt- my relatives are there somewhere. read and could quite probably earn Brooklyn, N.Y. 11215 ing story of three cops – one good, It’s a testament to all of them.” a living solely as a critic. He rou- Tel.: (718) 499-5900 one bad, one broken – and the mur- George grew up a member of tinely peppers interviews with rec- www.soteriosellenas.org der that reunites them in a show- the neighborhood, an American ommendations. “I’m a fan. I got in- down decades in the making.” kid, developing affinities for street to this because I fell in love with While “The Night Gardener” does basketball and rock music, both crime novels. I had a teacher in col- “The Night Gardener” indeed continue in Pelecanos’ suc- heavily featured in his 1997 novel lege turn me on to them. When I Give your child cessful streak of violent gritty crime “King Suckerman.” He is a former read a good book, a really good By George Pelecanos stories, the novel is elevated to altar boy of Saint Sophia Greek Or- book that turns me on, I want to tell a most Little, Brown and Company, something greater by his presenta- thodox Church, located in North- people about it.” 384 pages, $24.99 tion of the Ramone family. The west Washington on Embassy Row. I asked him specifically about valuable gift “good cop,” Gus Ramone, is a dili- A perfect-attendance graduate of his favorite Greek literature and au- gent Detective Sergeant. He and his Saint Sophia’s Sunday School, he is thors. “Bezzerides is one. He wrote this Christmas wife Regina, a one-year dropout still active at the church. some classic novels. He wasn’t just from the force and now full time Other than working at his dad’s a screenwriter. mother, met during Gus’ first year lunch counter, Pelecanos has expe- “I like this guy Jeff Eugenides. I as a patrolman. Some 20 years later rienced a wide variety of jobs. He thought ‘Middlesex’ was a fantastic in 2005, they are now parents of a has been a line cook, dishwasher, novel. A modern Greek American middle school son, Diego, and his bartender, electronics salesman, writer I think is extraordinary. seven-year-old sister, Alana. unskilled construction worker and “There’s not a lot of books where The Ramones form a rainbow women’s shoe salesman. Oft quoted Greek people are depicted in litera- family. With the given name for saying of the latter, “Best job I ture especially well. It’s the jolly A gift that lasts Giuseppe, Gus is of Italian Ameri- ever had,” it certainly wasn’t what guy with a mustache behind the can ancestry, while Regina is an he was born to do. In 1988 while counter wearing the apron.” a lifetime African American. The family and operating a chain of electronics “The Night Gardener,” however, heritage here are again essential, stores, “I had an early midlife crisis. has no central Greek characters. A Greek American especially considering where Pele- The next step would’ve been to get Yet, he doesn’t plan on abandoning canos has come from, and where he my own business, but instead I de- Greek Americans. “I’ll continue to Orthodox is today. cided I wanted to be a writer.” go back to them. It’s important for Education George P. Pelecanos was born in Quitting the retail market, Pele- us to be represented. And we are Washington, D.C. in February, canos gathered writing material by underrepresented.” 1957. Although his father was born tending bar at a policeman’s water- Pelecanos is well aware of his in Greece, he con- ing hole in downtown Washington. heritage, and how he may be seen An education siders himself From his experiences he wrote his as a Greek American writer, appre- third generation. first novel, which was literally ciated by the Greek community. filled with “(Dad) came over plucked from the stack as a blind “People that I meet are enthusias- our language when he was a entry by an editor at St. Martin’s tic. There is a bond between us be- toddler. He could- Press, the only publisher he submit- cause we’re Greek. In the same way culture n’t be more ted the work to. (“I was naïve. I be- when I was a kid when I’d watch (American) … lieved what it said in ‘The Writer’s movies I would wait for the credits, and ethics (Dad) was in the Market’ – no simultaneous submis- and I’d try to find a Greek person in Marine Corps in sions.”) Described as “very autobio- the credits. If you did find a Greek World War II. He graphical,” “A Firing Offence” was person it made you feel proud, and Enroll your child boxed, he played published in 1992. it gave you a little bit of hope. It baseball.” For Pelecanos still resides near D.C. wasn’t the traditional bit for our in a nurturing environ- both his mother “right over the district line in Silver people in America. and father the Spring, just steps over the line.” He “I come from a generation ment, family hometown and his wife Emily met in 1978 where just about all of our fathers enroll in our Nursery, was Sparta. while both were working as sales- were in the food service business After settling persons at The Gap during the holi- (which, by the way – there’s noth- or Pre-Kindergarten pro- in the Mount day season. Married since 1985, ing wrong with that. I know how to gram designed Pleasant neigh- they now have three adopted chil- run a restaurant). And so if you borhood near dren: two boys, 15-year-old Nick were the kind of person who as- for 3 and Washington, D.C., and 13-year-old Pete, are both from pired to do anything different, like 4 year olds Pelecanos’ father Brazil. Their nine-year-old sister be a writer, or work in the movies, began his lifelong Rosa is from Guatemala. His par- it was always hopeful to see some- work operating a ents still live in the neighborhood, body else who was doing it.” Pele- lunch counter. “about 15 minutes from me. I talk canos has become that someone. Come and visit “My dad had a re- to them everyday or I see them.” The author laughed when I GIOVANNETTI/EFFIFIE MILAN ally nice little As a writer, Pelecanos is a man asked if Gus and Regina are the first George P. Pelecanos business, a nice with a driven work ethic, or “the functional couple he’s written THE NATIONAL HERALD, DECEMBER 2, 2006 5 about. “It could be. I was ready to “ ‘Nothing much,’ said Diego to write about a loving married couple Richard. “He just told me to beat and a family that was really whole. you Bamas to within an inch of I’ve written for years about the dif- your lives.’” ferent ways to make a family that The book’s central crime touches can include foster parents or coach- the family closely. A friend of ing kids. I’ve explored many times Diego’s has been murdered, and the the workplace as a place where brutal details have deeply dis- someone who doesn’t have a home turbed the young man. After anoth- life can find another family. er late night, Gus comes home to “This is the first time that I really comfort his son: went deep into what it’s like to be a “(Diego’s) eyes were hollow and husband and father and to come it appeared he had been crying. His home every night and not be a world had been tilted. It would screw-up. Let’s face it, I’ve written right itself, but never to the degree about a lot of screw-ups in my ca- of comfort where it had been. reer. There’s other people out there “ ‘You okay?’ too.” “ ‘I’m blown, Dad.’ “The Night Gardener” is not all “ ‘Let’s talk a little,’ said Ramone, family wholesomeness. The screw- pulling a chair over to his son’s bed. ups remain, even among those on ‘Then you should get some sleep.’ ” the right side of the law. Those “A little while later, Ramone who, from the book, “were trying to closed Diego’s door behind him and stay out of bars or simply unwilling walked down the hall to his own to face the loneliness, unhappiness, bedroom.” duties, or plain boredom of their By withholding details of the home lives.” conversation taking place behind Yet, the part of the book most closed doors, Pelecanos allows the resonant with the reader is the reader to share the intimate bond bond between Gus and Regina Ra- between father and son, while mone. From midway through the maintaining true family intimacy. book, with the reader knowing the The author has his own deep type of family that will result, Gus bonds of family involvement. reminisces on his first sight of Regi- “We’ve got this kind of rainbow na with tender poignancy, a family. I’ve started from an early poignancy not normally seen in age with my children. I’ve taken hard-core crime novels: them to church every Sunday, got “As it always did when he de- them indoctrinated into the Greek scended those stairs, the movie in community, and they definitely his head rewound twenty clicks, to know who they are. his first full year on the force. It was “My sons are black, but they also through the frame of that same consider themselves to be Greek, open doorway that he had gotten and they dig it, because it’s cool to his initial look at Regina, standing something else other than just a in her blue one-piece suit on the white American. We have the tradi- pool’s edge, looking into the water tions, we have the language, we preparing to dive. The sight of her, have the food, all these things. muscular but all woman, with a “They’re very comfortable in shapely buttocks and nice, stand-up their own skin.” breasts, had literally stopped him in Pelecanos is no doubt also com- his tracks. He was not a guy who fortable in his own skin — as a was particularly adept at talking to Greek, as a husband and father, as a the opposite sex … but he was not gifted writer. In “The Night Garden- afraid, and he walked right into the er,” he’s again written a well-paced pool area, introduced himself, and story with crystal true dialogue and shook her hand. Please let her be as settings the reader can see. Yet it’s nice as she is beautiful, he thought, the characterizations and their rela- as his hand gripped her smooth fin- tionships that will remain. gers and palm. Her big brown eyes The character of Gus Ramone drooped a bit with her smile, and, shows the heart of Pelecanos’ writ- swear to God, he knew.” ing. Ramone is a focused, driven Pelecanos manages to present man who, though possessed of rea- deep love between the family mem- sonable day-to-day fears and con- bers clearly and concisely. For ex- cerns for his family, is well aware ample, during a brief exchange be- his dreams have come true. In this tween Diego and his basketball- regard, Ramone is similar to Pele- playing friend, Richard, Diego’s in- canos himself. ner thoughts reveal a depth of feel- Pelecanos, by drawing on his ing not typically expressed by boys own experience of heritage and of his age: family, brings life to Ramone and “‘What he want?’ said Richard. the others in “The Night Gardener.” “(He told me to get home after He writes from the heart. dark. He asked me how school went today. He told me he loved Robert Krause works in two pub- me. The same way my Mom always lic libraries as an assistant librar- does before she hangs up the ian. He reads and writes in Lake phone.) County, Illinois. 6 THE NATIONAL HERALD, DECEMBER 2, 2006 Meet Me in Greektown! Congratulations A New Concept in Greek American Literature to By Steve Frangos to the volume’s overall purpose. Special to The National Herald In the 1950s and 1960s, urban Greek American redevelopment and the construc- authors “Greektown Chicago: Its History tion of first the Eisenhower Express- for their contribution — Its Recipes” by Alexa Elaine way and later the Kennedy Express- Ganakos is an entirely new genre of way destroyed much of the north in keeping alive Greek American literature. Quite and east ends of the old Delta Dis- our heritage unintentionally Ganakos has suc- trict. Today’s bustling Greektown is cessfully blurred several timeworn a two to three block corridor run- and culture. genres into an entirely new format. ning north along Halsted Street, This single volume is simultaneous- which still thrives as a frenetic busi- ly a history book, a cookbook, and ness district active on nearly a 24- an album of historic photographs. hour basis. Through their stories The potential implications of Eighteen sections compose the we learn about Ganakos’ new volume for Greek- overall history offered in this vol- our distant past towns everywhere is nothing short ume. Very much like sections within of revolutionary. a museum exhibition the content of in the old land, the various historical vignettes and Asia Minor the historical images seen in each span nearly a 100 years of Greek life JESSICA TAMPAS or mainland Greece, in Chicago. Churches and formal Alexa Elaine Ganakos about the lives of events, picnics, dances, weddings, our grandfathers entertainment and an array of other printed on the highest quality pa- themes fill this volume. And per. Since this volume is -- in part -- and fathers, Ganakos is most certainly not fo- a cookbook, every photograph has their hard work, cused exclusively on the past. been printed on the highest quality difficulties, A significant part of this volume’s paper with special computer en- appeal is that Ganakos carries the hancement given to each and every successes, history of Chicago’s Greektown well image. hopes and dreams. past the 1960s (where most authors So this cookbook’s attention to have left the story) and offers a the reproduction of food images has sound appraisal of the neighbor- amplified the quality of the repro- hood’s ongoing service to the local duction of historic photographs, These men and women Greek community. portraits and contemporary scenes take the The innovative techniques in the of Chicago’s Greektown to crystal volume’s photographs mirror the clear clarity. Greek experience historic narrative’s mixture of indi- Ganakos' vision of people and to a wider audience vidual memories with the voices of commerce working together sees making our children contemporary restaurateurs and no- expression in the recipe sections. In table others throughout this 200 yet another twist on standard con- proud of page volume. And here lies true in- vention there are two distinct recipe their heritage spiration. sections. First 24 treasured family and our fellow “Greektown Chicago: Ganakos’ view of the Delta Dis- recipes from many regions of trict in terms of history, images and Greece are offered, and we see the Americans aware Its History — Its Recipes” recipes is squarely focused on the individual or family members who of who we are. By Alexa Elaine Ganakos neighborhood in the widest sense of share with us their most treasured that term. This perspective allows recipes. In yet another section, four G. Bradley Publishing, 200 pages, $35 Ganakos to offer the reader not sim- of Greektown’s finest restaurateurs ply a random memory, an old pho- (and sometimes their families as tograph or just a collection of well) share the recipes of a wide ar- As part of this volume’s title im- recipes but rather what sociologists ray of their showcase dishes. plies, Ganakos has written a concise call the total social fact or what No other Greek cookbook in history of Chicago’s old Greektown artists have long called the spirit of North American has thought to of- district that was once bordered by a place. fer both food and portrait photos. Harrison, Halsted, Polk Streets and This spirit of old and new Greek- The photographs in both recipe sec- Blue Island Avenue, all situated on town is powerfully invoked through tions are simply offered as illustra- the western edge of Chicago’s the stunning assembly of historic tions or out of respect for those in- downtown business district. This and contemporary photographs volved. However, in the future these area was long known as the “Delta” that lavishly illustrate this volume. photographs and the other contem- since Blue Island ran roughly at a Ganakos has accomplished what so porary photographs in this volume diagonal to Harrison and Halsted. It few academics ever do, an insight- will become the very source of “his- Ιερός Ναός is said that between 1880 and the ful fusion of historical documenta- toric” images of Chicago’s Greeks Αναστάσεως end of World War II some 40,000 tion with memories and commercial and Greektown during the New Mil- Τίρανα Greek immigrants made this gener- information that comprise the con- lennium.

a b al area their home. It should be not- tent of every page. Interestingly, “Greektown Chica- ed, even if just in passing, that An unintended consequence of go: Its History — Its Recipes,” is be- Ganakos does stray geographically fusing a cookbook with a history ing marketed as a model for other in her various historical sections. book is that in order to sell cook- ethnic groups. This vision of the Still in her broader goal of describ- books, publishers have long recog- American ethnic experience as be- www.papadatos.com ing Greek life in Chicago this occa- nized that the photographs of the ing a common cycle of events that sional crossing of boundaries works food must be especially clear and should be both celebrated and THE NATIONAL HERALD, DECEMBER 2, 2006 7 shared is yet another example of longevity of this book it is conceiv- All reservations aside, “Greek- large to immediately employ Steve Frangos, a regular contribu- Ganakos as a committed coalition able that this will be the only histor- town Chicago: Its History — Its Ganakos' fine volume as a template tor of TNH, is a freelance writer builder of the first order. ical account many tourists, Greeks Recipes,” like good food every- for documenting every Greektown who travels throughout the coun- I do have one observation. More as well as non-Greeks, will ever where, is an irresistible mixture of neighborhood in Canada and the try investigating and gathering his- specific information should have read on the Greeks of Chicago. The individual items that when brought United States. torical information about the been made on each photograph. added responsibility for any high- together form a bouquet of sight, To order “Greektown Chicago” Greek American community. Read- Many will find this request utter profile historical volume is that it be experience and content that does contact G. Bradley Publishing at ers interested in contacting him nonsense since nearly (and that is as accurate and as detailed as possi- nothing less than feed the soul. We www.gbradleypublishing.com or 1- are encouraged to e-mail him at the word to attend to) every photo- ble. can only urge Greek America at 800-966-5120. [email protected]. graph does have some sort of cap- tion. But that is no longer enough. Certainly with a number of the historic images exact identification may no longer be possible. In such cases the provenance, that is, the source of each photograph, should have been provided. This is far from a minor issue. Greek American his- toric photographic books such as the one compiled by Ganakos are exceedingly rare. It may be a hard thing to hear but there is no assur- ance whatsoever that another book of this sort (forget the high quality of this particular volume) will see print again. Since we have already lost so much of our collective immigrant past, just knowing where pho- tographs are archived is a major contribution. Identifying individu- als within these historic pho- tographs is nothing short of a sacred trust. Let me offer an example. On the “Greektown Chicago: Its History — Its Recipes” title page we see three images. The first shows an icon of St. Nectarios, the second a photo- graph of flaming saganaki, and the third an unidentified couple. No documentation of any sort is offered for this last photograph. Since the man is holding a bouzouki we can assume that this image was selected for that reason alone. I know that these individuals are Zafiri and Anastacia (nee Ra- panos) Harlambopoulos and that the photograph was taken in front of their home in Libertyville, Illinois circa 1926-1931. If we knew where this photograph came from then this image of the Harlambopouloses could conceivably receive the iden- tification it deserves. Quite obvious- ly other Greek Americans could help in this overall identification process. This point aside Ganakos' vol- ume unquestionably serves as a model that can be employed to great success not just in Chicago but Astoria, Baltimore, Detroit, Los An- geles, Ontario, Toronto and many other cities where Greek business districts can still be found. Since Ganakos’ book is obviously (and I would stress rightly) in full support of community’s commercial sector, this means Chicago’s Greektown businesses will offer this book for sale for as long as copies are avail- able. Potentially this volume will stay in print far long than either strictly a Greek cookbook or any his- tory book. Given the potential 8 THE NATIONAL HERALD, DECEMBER 2, 2006 A Dark, Brooding But Beautiful Book about Childhood Memories of Ikaria

By Elaine Thomopoulos through provocative, Special to The National Herald expressionist art. A notation by Nicholas As I looked over the gorgeous Lardas explains the multi-colored Florida sunset re- difference in the flecting on the azure water, I felt spelling of their like my body was going to burst. names; “When I took There was a funny swelling sensa- my birth certificate to tion deep inside of me, something I be registered for mili- cannot adequately explain. I expe- tary service in 1943, I rienced this same feeling when discovered that my REGISTRATION reading “Ikaria Remembered ” by last name is Lardas, for the school year Ikaria Remembered Nicholas G. Lardas, with artworks spelled with an ‘a’ not by his younger brother, Zacharias an ‘i.’ Others in my 2007-2008 By Nicholas G. Lardas, A. Lardis. The book is majestic, just family, including has begun with artworks like a glorious sunset. The volume Zacharias, continue to By Zacharias A. Lardis of six short stories and three poems use Lardis.” OPEN HOUSE Lardis Fine Arts, 61 pages, enthralled me with its descriptions In 1932 Nicholas $11.95 paperback of rural village life in Ikaria and Lardas journeyed Saturday life’s lessons learned from child- with his mother, December 9, 2006 hood experiences and village leg- brother and two sis- 10 a.m. - 12 noon ends. The author uses poetic, mag- ters from Hempstead, ic words that capture the mystery Long Island, New of the human spirit. York to the Greek is- Accepting applications on a first come, first served basis “Ikaria Remembered” is not a land of Ikaria, the for students entering happy book. It is a dark, brooding land of his parent’s Kindergarden to 6th Grade but beautiful book. While reading birth. It was the De- it I remembered a phrase that pression, and he was Greek American author Theano Pa- eight years old. He re- The Lardas family in Greece in 1932 or 1933. Our Goal: pazoglou Margaris used to describe turned with his family Top row, Nicholas, age 8. Bottom row from To provide why she wrote: “I put my pain on when he was 13. His left to right: Annabelle, age 10; Elizabeth, a classic based paper.” In this book, Lardas puts father stayed in Long age 4; Zacharias, age 2. school education, his pain on paper, while his brother Island, working in a Zacharias Lardis expresses himself restaurant and supporting his fami- der for him to gain acceptance to rich in the studies ly by sending monthly money or- their group. of humanities ders. The story “Mamoushka” re- and literature Lardas crafts his bittersweet and counts the loneliness and longing sometimes painful youthful memo- of 13-year-old Angelo for his moth- ries and impressions of the rugged er when she goes away to America Program Highlights Aegean island of Ikaria into beauti- and the loneliness and longing of • Enriched curriculum focused ful poems and engrossing short Katerina, his Mamoushka (a on meeting and exceeding stories. Some of the stories are true woman who cares for him) for her THE STATE PERFORMANCE while others are a product of his dead son and husband. When An- STANDARDS imagination. All of them are deeply gelo becomes deathly ill with fever, in all curriculum disciplines grounded in the real-life supersti- Katerina brings him to her bed. • Daily class of Greek language, tions, beliefs and traditions of rural The narrator relates Angelo’s feel- history, art, literature/mythology Ikarian life. ing as he wakes in the morning, • Reduced class size In a riveting story entitled “The “He felt the flushing warmth of Fortune Teller,” we meet an old for- love, and although he recalled • Theater workshops/internships ...to present a unified voice tune teller who goes house to nothing of the night, the nagging • Partnerships with the of the Hellenes in Northeastern Ohio house, village to village, predicting perception that something very im- Greek government that will promote fortune by dropping molten lead portant had occurred filled him • Educational field trips into a bucket of water and studying with delight. He knew that he • Foreign travel the Greek experience through the form it takes. The narrator re- loved Mamoushka as completely as education, collection counts the reaction of his mother was ever possible. A great joy was ∆ωρεάν εκπαίδευση to the fortune teller’s prediction of with him. and preservation his father’s death: “To this date, al- “‘How do you feel?’ she asked, NEW YORK STATE FUNDED most sixty years ago, I can still see timidly, ‘You stay in bed today and I the gesture of my mother’s hand to will go to church,’ She handed An- Give your children her throat, and I can still hear the gelo the honey-flavored tea, the gasp of fear and the hollow moan cup warm and steaming in the chill the best Xmas gift The Hellenic Preservation Society from deep inside her.” air. 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The narrator recalls having thrash about until he died of suffo- shunned a fellow classmate, the cation, his nose and mouth deep mean teacher’s son, after he into that sweet pleasure.” This Christmas give snitched to his father about their Lardas’ younger brother, a meaningful gift feasting on fermented mash: Zacharias Lardis, a talented artist “With taunting words at recess based in Beacon Falls, Connecticut, time we lacerated him into a incorporates his collection of art- A book from cowed silence. We turned from him works about Ikarus in the book. undisguised rejection whenever he The art, done in various media, is approached us. We ignored the based on the tragic mythical figure, “D.C. Divry’s” pain and pleading evident in his Ikarus, who flew too close to the bulging eyes. sun with wings of wax and feather. “Thereafter, we would see Yiani The sun’s rays melted the wax, A gift that will bring you closer at a distance, following us wherev- causing the wings to fall apart, to your roots and to your culture er we went. And that distance in- sending him toppling into the creased with the passage of the Aegean Sea and forming the Island To be remembered every day of the year day, for we were adamant in our of Ikaria. In explaining his art rejection of him and made no effort Lardis says, “The island has a mys- to forgive him. One day he stopped terious aspect about it. I was there CALL NOW following us. as a child. A lot of my work deals “I sit here now, recalling with Nicholas Lardas in his Ann Arbor, with the subconscious aspect of such tremendous sadness and Michigan office with pho- people and places. (My work) is Get now a classic D.C. Divry’s book and learn shame my own inhumanity. Per- tographs of friends and family the feeling of Ikaria when I am to converse in Greek, improve your vocabulary haps if I had not played such an from America, Athens and Ikaria. there.” enormously dominant influence, Lardis started doing his art on or learn how to cook like your grandmother he might have been alive today, musketeers, Yiani had retraced our Ikarus after having a strong vivid raising his own family, enjoying his paths of yesterdays to relive what dream about the island. He ex- own grandchildren. Perhaps we little happiness he had known with plains, “The dream was very surre- might have grown together us. But now, his feet were sticking al. I realized that after a while that through the years, and might even straight up out of one of the Ali-Ba- I was part of the island. It goes be sitting at some coffee house to- ba urns. He had apparently slipped with my beliefs of primal feelings day, drinking an ouzo together.” while leaning too far into the urn people have: love, hate, pain, fear The narrator tells about Yiani’s in an effort to reach the mash, and and anger. When you are with peo- tragic death, “Perhaps, in his effort he had fallen in head first. Unable to once again be a part of the three to withdraw himself, he could only Continued on page 18 $12.50 $25.00 DR. JAMES H. DOUNDOULAKIS $14.00 $12.50 D.M.D., M.S., F.A.C.D. COSMETIC DENTAL REHABILITATION, PC The new Tselemente

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By E. G. Vallianatos pilfering the 12-millennia-old Special to The National Herald Greek cultural heritage of Cyprus. Stolen works of art found them- The books under review, “War selves in homes in Munich and and Cultural Heritage” and “An In- Berlin in Germany and the art mar- ternational Relations Debacle,” ex- kets of London, ending in Ameri- amine how Turkey takes advantage can and European private collec- of the West to continue its plunder tions. and domination of Cyprus. These According to Jansen, the agents books tell a story of tragedy in of that cultural genocide include “War and Cultural Cyprus, itself a symptom of the de- Turks, above all, as well as Greek clining state of Western civiliza- Cypriots and thieves and mer- Heritage: Cyprus tion. chants from the top museums of after the 1974 On May 16, 2006, I heard Europe and America, including Michael Jansen lecture on the U.N. officials. For example, in Turkish Invasion” Turkish plunder of Cypriot antiqui- 1979, one of the thieves of Cypriot By Michael Jansen ties. The objective of the lecture, antiquities was the Austrian-born which took place on Capitol Hill, prince Alfred zur Lippe-Weiden- University of Minnesota, 92 pages, was to enlighten the indifferent $30 paperback American political class to the de- structive consequences of being in bed with Turkey, an enemy of the Greeks and Western civilization. Jansen, an experienced Ameri- can reporter writing for the Irish Times, did not pretend she was lec- turing us on an issue that had a be- ginning and an end, much less an easy solution. The Embassy of Cyprus sponsored Jansen, who had just published a report on the fate of the Cypriot Greek culture in northern Cyprus since 1974, the year the Turks invaded and cap- tured a third of Cyprus. “War and Cultural Heritage: Cyprus after the 1974 Turkish In- vasion” presents a scholarly and personal examination of the brutal Michael Jansen speaks of the plunder of Cyprus in our time, a “looting and destruction” of the war against the Greek culture and cultural heritage of Cyprus. It is people of Cyprus. Jansen speaks of that – and much more. the “looting and destruction” of the cultural heritage of Cyprus. It is feld, a friend of the U.N. Secretary ORDER NOW this detailed guide to “An International that – and much more. General Kurt Waldheim and repre- Her honesty impresses me. The sentative of the U.N. High Com- *Orthodox beliefs, weddings, and holidays . . . Relations Debacle: destruction of the monuments of missioner for Refugees in Cyprus. *Greek customs, foods, songs and proverbs . . . The UN Secretary- culture in northern Cyprus made a Officers of the United Nations Edu- difference in her life. Her whole cational, Scientific and Cultural *The history of Orthodoxy, the Greek Diaspora, and useful websites General’s Mission of being got involved in her work of Organization (UNESCO) also sup- Good Offices in documenting and denouncing that pressed critical reports of the Turk- Cyprus 1999-2004” destruction. That drive to bring us ish plunder. •online at: www.greektradditions.org the truth, as well as her outstand- Jansen interviewed some of By Claire Palley ing writing ability, make the book those thieves so her story, at times, •by phone: 301-469-4733 by fax: 301-610-9524 Hart Publishing, 395 pages, $45 interesting and memorable. reads like a mystery novel: how Tomb robbing is probably the gangsters plan and execute a •by mail: Send check payable to “Nea Attiki Press” second oldest profession. Humans crime. Most of what she reports ze- to: P.O. Box 34008, Bethesda, MD 20827 express their hatred against their ros in on the Turks’ plunder of enemies with the looting and de- churches, cutting out the extraordi- Cost: $30 per book plus $6 shipping for first book, $1 each struction of whatever is left after narily beautiful and, sometimes, addditional book to same address. ISBN #09638051-1-8 the annihilation or slavery of those ancient frescoes from the walls of enemies. the destroyed churches, and the Once the Turks were through trade in the stolen icons. She also with their bloody 1974 invasion recounts how the Church of Cyprus Offer for USA only 2002-2007 and capture of northern Cyprus, is using legal challenges and mon- looters, smugglers, thieves and the ey in (1) discouraging the trade in “international art mafia” started the art from churches under Turk- THE NATIONAL HERALD, DECEMBER 3, 2006 11 ish occupation; and (2) buying with the Turkish conquest of north- and Western civilization into be- nan, Secretary-General of the Unit- mate knowledge and understand- back the stolen treasures from ern Cyprus. Jansen’s book is a re- ing. ed Nations, to find a solution to the ing of the main actors and events northern Cyprus. minder of how delicate and corrupt More evidence of this corrup- Cyprus problem. The author, Claire in the recent tragic history of Jansen also says that the Turks the edifice of the West has become tion comes from Claire Palley’s Palley, a British lawyer and legal Cyprus, especially the role the Sec- are causing inestimable damage to – allowing a Moslem country with book, “An International Relations scholar, advised the president of retariat played from 1999 to 2004 the pre-Christian history of the 12- a documented history of hatred for Debacle.” On the surface this book Cyprus for 25 years. Her report is in its advocacy of a pro-Turkish millennia-old island of Cyprus. Greek and Western civilization to is about the efforts of a small but not a typical bureaucratic or diplo- policy in order to put “a Cyprus set- There are illegal digs and the per- continue to provoke and destroy powerful group of U.N. experts matic account. It is rather a person- petual robbery of tombs and an- the essence of what brought Greek (Secretariat) working for Kofi An- al, pro-Cyprus story based on inti- Continued on page 14 cient monuments, which not only disrupts Cyprus’ extremely ancient civilization but also defiles Western culture. As long as Greece remains im- potent, incapable or unwilling to throw Turkey out of Cyprus, and as long as the international “commu- nity” and, especially, Western Eu- rope and America tolerate the vio- lent and criminal occupation of northern Cyprus by Turkey, the looting and destruction of Cyprus’ patrimony will continue. The best artifacts of the Turks’ plunder of Cyprus end up in West- ern private collections and muse- ums. Jansen says that Britain is “the hub of the European trade in antiquities.” Without that option, without the huge sums thieves earn by robbing tombs and church- es, there would be little if any sys- tematic cultural looting of the an- tiquities of Cyprus. The Turks would have made many Cypriot churches, as they have already done, into stables and mosques. Or, out of revenge, they would probably wreck many of them, as they have already done, or convert them into property for their use. In my estimation, the moving flame behind the cultural plunder of Cyprus, and all other plunder of Greek antiquities is the envy of rich institutions and persons in the West who like to surround them- selves by the ancient products of Greek culture. They know that Greek art is incomparable in beau- ty, the model of all Western art. And since they cannot create even Greek-like culture, much less Greek culture, they resort to rob- bing it from its rightful owners, the Greeks of Greece and Cyprus. Aydin Dikmen, perhaps the most successful of the Turks in the illicit trade of Cypriot antiquities, is a petty thief compared to Luigi Pal- ma di Cesnola, a U.S. consul in Lar- naca, Cyprus from 1865 to 1876. This American diplomat pillaged Cyprus on a grand scale. He man- aged to excavate and sell more than 100,000 Cypriot archaeologi- cal pieces. The Metropolitan Muse- um of Art in New York “bought” 35,000 of those stolen artifacts from di Cesnola. Jansen’s timely and thoughtful book is an introduction and a case study to this grand looting of cul- ture. War is terrible for all living things. But war is also a great op- portunity for the industrialization of cultural robbery, as was the case 12 THE NATIONAL HERALD, DECEMBER 2, 2006 Greek Jews on the Battlefields of World War II

By Dan Georgakas Special to The National Herald

During World War II, Greece mounted the largest per capita re- sistance to the Nazis of any nation in Europe, delivered the first bat- tlefield defeat to a fascist army, and forced Hitler to divert so many troops to Greece that he had to de- lay, perhaps fatally, his invasion of Russia. Despite these realities, the loss rate of Greek Jews was nearly 90%, among the highest in Europe. Some Holocaust commentators have speculated that the Greek Christians must have abetted the Nazis in their attempted genocide Jewish Resistance of the Jews or at least remained in- active. Other authors have opined in Wartime Greece that the Jews were unwilling to By Steven Bowman take up arms to defend themselves. Steve Bowman’s new book tells an Vallentine Mitchell, 142 pages, entirely different story. Many $60, $27.50 paperback Greek Jews took up arms and the Greek Resistance welcomed them. Steven Bowman, Professor of Judaic Studies at the University of Cincinnati, is well known in acade- COURTESY OF JEWISH MUSEUM OF GREECE mic circles for his “The Jews of Dr. Manolis Arouh (2nd from left on top row) with fellow partisans. He was chief medical officer for V/34 Byzantium: 1204-1453,” which Battalion, located in Sterea Ellada. He also fought bravely with his unit. presented all the existing Byzan- tine documents relating to Jews. already existing data to give a de- names of 650 individual fighters, ticipation of the Greek Jews in the Bowman has taken the same care tailed accounting of all the forms often with their city of origin and National Resistance,” which ap- with documentation in his writing of resistance undertaken by Greek their military unit. Bowman is gen- peared in the Journal of the Hel- on the Holocaust. Not content with Jews. He includes detailed biogra- erous in acknowledging his lenic Diaspora (1991). recounting anecdotal tales, he has phies of particular Jewish resisters, sources, most notably a landmark Bowman divides the Jewish re- added his own original research to and his final 30 pages contain the article by Joseph Matsas, “The Par- sistance into three major cate- gories: battlefields, espionage and combat in other nations. His most detailed and longest chapters in- volve Jews who participated in mil- S.P. BOOK AWARDS itary units. Other chapters identify The First Christian Emperor Greek Jews who worked as spies THE LIFE AND TIMES OF and saboteurs in Occupied areas. A final section chronicles Greek Jews who rebelled even after being cap- CONSTANTINE tured by the Nazis, most notably in THE GREAT Poland. Bowman concentrates on what THE FIRST CHRISTIAN EMPEROR he specifies in his title and does not cover the broader topic of all the by Prof. D.G. Kousoulas forms of aid offered to Greek Jews D.G. KOUSOULAS by their fellow Greeks. Conse- “...the book’s writing style is fresh and stimulating. quently he does not dwell on the Prof. Kousoulas has great storytelling abilities, well-known heroism of Archbishop which he puts to considerable use here, making the Damaskinos and the Greek Ortho- volume’s 500 pages of text fly by like 50. The results dox Church in general. Nor does he of his labor are an illuminating, insightful, and write at length about others who aided Jews, such as Police Chief intriguing look into the life of one of history’s most Everet in Athens. Similarly, he does fascinating individuals.” not spend much time discussing Greek-American Book Review Greek collaborators. His focus is on the numerous forms of resistance “fascinating, filled with dramatic details...lucid.” directly taken by Jews themselves, Henry J. Ferry, Mediterranean Quarterly and he tells that story magnificent- ly. ON THE BATTLEFIELD SELLING The book is sold by Amazon.com Bowman begins by reminding PRICE readers that 13,000 Jews fought in To order, click on Amazon.com Kousoulas the Greek army on the Albanian $19.95 CONSTANTINE THE GREAT front. Among the national heroes of that victorious campaign was THE NATIONAL HERALD, DECEMBER 2, 2006 13

Colonel Mordechai Frizis, a career Like other Greeks, young Thessa- Jews occasionally commanded officer who was killed leading non- loniki Jewish men began to leave EAM-ELAS units. Jewish troops in a successful their families to join the armed re- EDES, the largest of the royalist counter-attack that turned the Ital- sistance. A special unit at Aristotle resistance organizations, had few- ian flank. Even after the Greek University moved hundreds of er Jewish fighters than its rival, but army was decommissioned, nu- Jewish fighters into the mountains a number of these Jews were close- merous Jews continued to fight in in 1943. Bowman estimates the to- ly associated with Col. Alexis Zer- the remnants of the British Expedi- tal number of Jewish “andartes” vas, the EDES leader. David Nah- tionary Force and in scattered units was at least 1,000. mias, for example, was one of Zer- of the Serbian and Greek armies vas’ personal guards. Dr. Errikos that would not surrender. In the The largest Jewish Levi, a personal friend of Zervas, Battle of Crete, Jewish dockwork- gave up refuge in the mountains, ers were involved in the crucial community in Greece when Zervas convinced him he provisioning of the resistance was the 50,000 Jews would be more valuable as a Ger- forces and later the successful in Thessaloniki. man-speaking spy in the medical evacuation; and Jews from Pales- corps. Working with Major Makrin- tine, units in the British force, ioti of the Greek police, Levi under- fought alongside Greeks. EAM-ELAS, by far the largest of took that risky assignment and When “andartic” bands began to the Resistance formations, wel- supplied vital information to EDES form in late 1941, Jews were in comed Jews, usually placing them and British intelligence. their ranks. At that time, Jews within its regular ranks rather than What has always puzzled out- could still slip out of most cities rel- creating all-Jewish units. Not con- siders not familiar with the specific atively easily. Michael Matsas of tent to make it a crime to turn in history of the Holocaust in Greece Yannina has told such a tale in his Jews, EAM-ELAS announced that is why more Jews did not escape to brilliant, “The Illusion of Safety,” in territories it controlled it also the already liberated zones. Part of which is frequently cited by Bow- was a criminal offense to not assist that tragedy turns on the actions of man. The largest Jewish communi- Jews. EAM-ELAS would eventually Zvi Koretz, the Chief Rabbi of Thes- ty in Greece, by far, however, was have the largest numbers of Jews the 50,000 Jews in Thessaloniki. of any of the Resistance groups and Continued on page 15 14 THE NATIONAL HERALD, DECEMBER 2, 2006 Why is the West Sacrificing Cyprus on the Turkish Altar?

Continued from page 11 have been particularly disheart- it has a unilateral right to send its that the Turks’ pseudo-state in the concept of long standing. ened with the bias of the Secretari- armies to Cyprus, claiming, falsely, conquered territory, the so-called The British and U.S. govern- tlement in place.” at. That’s why On April 24, 2004 that Article IV of the 1960 Treaty of Turkish Republic of Northern ments, meanwhile, worked behind The Secretariat manufactured the Greek Cypriots rejected Annan Guarantee is the source for its ag- Cyprus, should be given all the the Secretariat, shaping its pro- this pro-Turkish policy with its V, the fifth version of the Secretari- gressive attitude. So Papadopoulos support and attributes of an inde- Turkish policies, thinking nothing briefings and reports, which did at’s Plan for a “United Cyprus Re- told Kofi Annan it would be impru- pendent country, thus legitimizing of the horrific injustice of the 1974 two things. They misled the inter- public.” On June 7, 2004, the presi- dent for the Greek Cypriots to rely Turkey’s fruits of aggression. This Turkish invasion of Cyprus, while national community and, second, dent of Cyprus, Tassos Papadopou- on Turkey’s good will. The Greeks report, of course, remains silent boosting Turkey’s ominous ambi- they put the tiny Republic of los, complained to Kofi Annan that were convinced the U.N. proposed about the 119,000 illegal Turkish tions. Cyprus under tremendous pressure the Secretariat’s Plan provided im- settlement was “blatantly unjust, settlers, the 35,000 troops Turkey These policies continued a long- to self-destruct by accepting as in- mediate benefits to the Turkish uncertain of application and full of maintains in northern Cyprus or standing anti-Greek Cypriot tradi- evitable and legitimate the aggres- Cypriots but leaves the Greek grave risks for the future.” that Turkey appropriated 36.4 per- tion. England brought Turkey to sion of Turkey. Cyprus, of course, Cypriots at the mercy of Turkey, a Not only did U.N. officials ma- cent of Cyprus. Cyprus in 1955 to become the refused to self-destruct. country not friendly to them. Pa- nipulate international opinion in Such behavior, well document- wrecking crew among the Cypriot The consequences of the Secre- padopoulos was particularly bitter favor of the Turkish Cypriots and ed in Palley’s outstanding, timely, Greeks. England simply had to tariat’s taking sides, what Palley because of the failure of the U.N. Turkey, wishing to erase Turkey’s and lavishly illustrated book, un- have its pound of flesh because the describes as “an unhappy episode Plan to guarantee that Cypriot bloody invasion and occupation of dermines international relations, Cypriot Greeks resisted British in international relations,” are bad Greeks could recover their proper- northern Cyprus, but threatened weakening the machinery of con- colonialism and, later, fought Eng- for the reputation of the United ty and land in northern Cyprus and the Greek Cypriots with dire conse- flict resolution, while sowing seeds land for their freedom. Fifty years Nations and for future U.N. efforts for the years it would take for the quences precisely because they had for further trouble. And, of course, later, England continued with its to be of help to Cyprus or in resolv- Turkish army to reduce its size un- exercised their democratic right in the dishonest policies of the Secre- subversion of Cyprus by activating ing political crises in other coun- der the agreement. rejecting the biased U.N. Plan. The tariat solidify the aggression of the Turkey. The United States did the tries. The Greek Cypriots, who had Cypriot Greeks also have been Secretariat’s revenge found expres- Turks, convincing them that, in faith in the U.N. for four decades, concerned with Turkey’s insistence sion in its May 28, 2004 report: fact, might is right, a barbarous Continued on page 19

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Continued from page 13 widely written about previously cape. Unaware of this plot, Alberto would be executed for their part in concerns Jews who passed them- Errera, a former officer in the the rebellion. Another 30 managed saloniki. The German-educated Ko- selves off as Germans, Italians, or Greek Army, acted individually. to escape from the camp proper, retz stupidly believed the German Greek Christians in order to use When he was sent to dump bodies but were later recaptured and exe- assurances that the Greek Jews their medical, language, or techni- in a river, he overpowered his Nazi cuted. were just going to be resettled in cal skills to get close enough to the guards and escaped. He was later The dominant image of Greek Germany. He was told that as long Occupation forces to provide intel- captured and publicly executed, Jews during World War II has al- as Jews remained cooperative, no ligence to the Greek Resistance and but survivors of the camp have tes- ways been that of passive victims, one would be harmed. The Nazis to Allied special forces. Isaac tified that his heroism inspired often misled by politically naïve then demanded that Koretz show Kostis, a law student, for example, many Greeks to join the plot to rabbis. Greek Jews usually are seen his good faith by providing the was part of a clandestine group blow up the ovens. as somehow separate from the names and addresses of all the that blew up German ships in Pi- Crucial to the revolt were the Greek nation. Steve Bowman has Jewish families in Thessaloniki. raeus early in the war and Sam young men who made up the Son- written a powerful corrective to With that information in hand, Modiano did particularly valuable derkommando. These were the such depictions. monitoring the community became espionage in concert with British units assigned to clearing the He shows that from the time of a simple matter. intelligence. The creation of net- ovens of bones and ashes. Anyone the Albanian campaign through One of the first acts of the Nazis works to smuggle Jews out of Steven Bowman so assigned was doomed as the every stage of the Resistance, was to examine family lists to de- Greece by sea had the added value Nazis periodically killed them to Greek Jews were part of the na- termine if anyone of military age of being a means of bringing Allied served in Albania in 1940. These eliminate eyewitnesses to their tional effort to defeat the Nazis and was missing. When this was the officers and equipment into Greeks frequently participated in crimes. When 400 Greek Jews that Greek Jews were welcomed case, they assumed such males Greece. Much of this activity in- the commando-style assaults on were selected by the Nazis at the into the ranks of the Resistance. (and sometimes females) must be volved Jewish Zionist organiza- the German positions. Two promi- Auschwitz complex for the task, Today, too few Greeks in the home- in the mountains. The Nazis indi- tional units operating out of nent fighters were Albert and Dario 100 simply refused, preferring to land or the diaspora are aware that cated this meant that the commu- Turkey. Levi of Thessaloniki. They used col- be killed. The bulk of those who Greek Jews not only fought nity was not being cooperative. WARSAW AND AUSCHWITZ ored cloth to make a Greek flag did go into the Sonderkommando valiantly for Greece on the home The response of the Jewish leader- Bowman includes tales of Jews that served as the banner for their were committed to the planned re- front, but that they raised the ship was to ask those who had who escaped the Nazis during unit. volt. Greek flag during the Warsaw Up- gone into the mountains to return! roundups or who killed Nazis at Perhaps the most amazing resis- The broader plot eventually fell rising and sang the Greek National Many, in fact, did so, and many the camps rather than simply suc- tance occurred in the death camps apart, but the Greeks at Auschwitz Anthem as they fought to the death who would have left remained in cumbing. An intriguing story in- themselves. Even as the Russian went forward with the plan. They at Auschwitz. Greek heroes one the city, opting to share the fate of volves Greek Jews used to do me- army was getting closer to the cre- were able to wrest weapons from and all. their families. When Jews began to nial labor in Poland. When the matoriums, the ovens continued the some of the guards and man- be rounded up and brutalized it Jews in the Warsaw ghetto staged their murderous work day and aged to blow up two of the ovens. Dan Georgakas is a Fellow of the was no longer easy to escape. Jew- an armed revolt, a number of the night. A core of Jews from different Nazi reinforcements came swiftly Center for Byzantine and Mod- ish communities in cities such as Greeks broke free from their Nazi nations tried to organize simulta- and in great number. As they bat- ern Greek Studies at Queens Col- Yannina that followed the Thessa- guards and joined the insurrection. neous uprisings at various camps tled to the death, the doomed lege and the author of, “My De- loniki pathway suffered the same Among those who fought were offi- with the hope of destroying the Greek Jews sang the Greek Nation- troit: Growing Up Greek and horrific losses. cers and enlisted men who had ovens and allowing for a mass es- al Anthem. Over 400 Greek Jews American in Motor City.” Rabbis in cities such as Athens and Volos were not deceived by German lies, and the loss rates in those cities were quite low. 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By Penelope Karageorge subjected to a series of translation Economou was led into Special to The National Herald practices that have distorted or “Acts of Love,” he says, by suppressed an important aspect of the poet Philodemos. “I Erotic. Playful. Yearning. Heart- their linguistic and aesthetic in- discovered Philodemos in felt. These are just a few of the tegrity,” Economou writes in the ‘The Greek Anthology’ on words that apply to eminent schol- Translators Preface. “Too often, my own. I was reading a ar and poet George Economou’s readers have encountered these book by Havelock Ellis brilliant translation of the ancient poems in English versions that about Catullus, and he was Greek poets and their amatory have Latinized or sanitized their talking about this Greek verse, “Acts of Love, Ancient Greek discourse in Greek through eu- poet who influenced Cat- Poetry from Aphrodite’s Garden,” phemism, circumlocution, or ullus. So I followed up on published by Modern Library. In downright bowdlerization.” it. And then I found 29 po- this small, blue volume, 255 poems “I wanted to be true to the poet- ems of Philodemos, and I topped by Eros’ arrow, Dr. ry and the language,” Economou translated those. They Economou brings ancient poetry told The National Herald. “Trans- were published by Walter LISA ASKINS out of the dusty literary archives lating a poem is the ultimate form Hammond.” Eminent scholar and poet George and into the 21st century. of studying a poem. And so I When Modern Library Economou. For today’s Greeks, always hun- learned a lot about the poetry, and Editor Will Murphy ap- gry to know more about the life ex- at the same time I know there’s an proached Economou about doing a had company.” perience of their illustrious for- awful lot more to know about the book and asked him to suggest a He hated to see the project end. bears, these impassioned poems ancient Greeks.” topic, Economou said: “We need a “I had such a good time, and when “Acts of Love, arrive like a huge present. The po- According to Economou, the full book of amatory ancient Greek I was done, finally, I felt bereft,” ets hold forth on the entire spec- early Greeks approached love and poetry.” The contract was inked, Economou says, his voice tinged Ancient Greek Poetry trum of love and desire, homoerot- sex differently than Western civi- and two summers ago Economou, with more than a touch of nostal- from Aphrodite’s ic and heterosexual, from lusty lization today. “For contemporary a Philadelphia resident, set to work gia. “It’s like I had a wonderful love youth to poignant old age. people, ever since Christianity, sex on the translations in his summer affair with all the poets and all the Garden” Economou selected the poems has become one of the primary in- home on Cape Cod. people and their poems. The sub- Selected and translated from “The Greek Anthology,” a struments of original sin. But in an- “I wish I could say I had done ject was just so wonderful. People by George Economou compilation of more than 4,000 cient Greece there was no original the translations on a Greek island, talk about the post-partum after short poems from Ancient Greece sin giving taint to sexual expres- but I did it in Wellfleet, the perfect finishing a book but it was differ- Modern Library, Random House, through the Byzantine era and sion. That’s not to say they didn’t place to work. I was getting up ear- ent from that. I had an affiliation 137 pages, $13.95 translated them with wit, brio and have their own conventions. They ly in the morning – 6:30 or 7 – and with these people. And a ‘philia- sexual candor. had their own ethos and morals. coming up to my study. I’d do four tion’ as well. Because they were “While there have been fine But in a fundamental way, they did or five poems a day. Sometimes a Greek, and I’m Greek, and I just translations of some of these ama- not hesitate about sexual expres- couple a day. I worked on the po- felt that – it’s gone. It’s over with.” tory epigrams, they have also been sion.” ems every day, except when we He came to like particular poets. THE NATIONAL HERALD, DECEMBER 2, 2006 17

“Philodemos is one of my favorite was their desire for education. My maybe they thought I’d be a doctor, “And when I finished Colgate, said ‘No, that’s really not what I poets. Meleagros is a wonderful father was always saying ‘Educa- or a lawyer, or something. My fa- and wanted to go to graduate want to do.’ Of course, I know poet. I think Archilochos is a fabu- tion, education, this is it.’ They ther used to say, ‘Economics. Why school and study medieval litera- what ranching life is all about. And lous poet. And the one fragment of said, whatever you want to do, don’t you do economics? You have ture, he said, ‘I’ll buy you a ranch. it’s not like in the movies. It’s hard, Antipilos is a marvelous piece of we’ll support you. But I think the right name for it.’ There’s a ranch out here.’ And I a very hard life. For people to make writing.” A complete set of Notes in good money on it rides on all kinds the back of the book includes brief of contingencies that you have no biographies of the poets. control over.” Economou would like to see “Acts of Love” Poetry Selections While in graduate school, more emphasis on Classic Greek Economou became one of the studies in colleges. “I think there’s founding editors of the prestigious a kind of resurgence in Greek stud- From the Garlands From the Garland of Meleagros literary journal, the Chelsea Re- ies and Classics, although it’s been of Philoppos of Thessalonika p. 36 view. He and another editor, hampered by the cultural wars. p. 47 Robert Kelly, were more interested Maybe people today have to Self-deceiving in poetry than prose, so they left study computer science. But the Here’s the Laconian river Eurotas, lovesick boy-love that enterprise to start the poetry Classics are hanging in there.” Leda with nothing on, Zeus hidden in the swan. bitter honey- magazine Trobar, Provencal for po- Although Economou had done Loves, why do you test me so? Me a bird? lipped burn victims, etry. many translations of Greek work, If Zeus is a swan, then I’m a white duck. pour cold water, At a seventh anniversary party by profession he is a “medievalist” Antiphilos (first century A.D.) ice-cold water for the Chelsea Review, Economou and acclaimed translator of “Piers over my heart. met his future wife, Rochelle Plowsman.” He is the author of Owens, a poet and playwright who For I have seen several volumes of poetry, most re- now has more than 17 books to her cently “Century Dead Center.” He Dionysos. credit. “Rochelle was a very young served as chairman of the English From the Garland of Philippos of Thessalonika My fellow slaves, poet and she was introduced to me department and creative writing p. 61 don’t let this fire by Oscar Williams, the anthologist, program at the University of Okla- run to my guts. who knew her and knew I had my homa before retiring in 2000, and Thirty-seven years have already turned, Meleagros (ca. 140-ca. 70 B.C.) eye on her. I said to her that I had had taught at the Brooklyn Center pages torn out of my life’s work; just read a poem of hers in LeRoi of Long Island University. already my hair’s sprouting whites, Jones’ magazine, and, of course A 1956 graduate of Colgate Uni- messengers, Xanthippe, of wisdom’s age. there was no better line. I invited versity, he earned his M.A. and But the lyricism of carousal – I her to send poems to Trobar in Ph.D. Degrees in English and Com- still care for, and a hungry fire burns in my heart. 1960. We got married in 1962 and parative Literature, concentrating So write me an ending with a flourish, Muses, we’ve been married for 44 years.” on medieval studies, at Columbia Economou dedicated “Acts of to my madness with this very girl. University. He held fellowships for Love” to his wife. “It took only one his writing from the National Foun- Philodemos (ca. 110-30 B.C.) of Eros’ arrows for this love to dation of the Arts, the New York take.” When first married, they Council for the Arts and the Rocke- “Excerpted from ACTS OF LOVE by George Economou. Copyright © 2005 by George Economou. shared a study in a New York apart- feller Foundation. Reprinted by arrangement with The Random House Publishing Group.” ment, and often work side by side Economou grew up in Great Falls, Montana, where his father Continued on page 19 had emigrated from the Pelopon- nesus. “At first my father went to St. Louis and worked in a mattress “The book is majestic, just like a glorious sunset.” spring factory, which he didn’t par- GREEK SCHOOL OF PLATO Elaine Thomopoulos, Book Editor, The National Herald ticularly like, so he went to Great Falls working on a railroad gang. The alternative to excellent “He is an articulate, imaginative, and reflective guide.” He stayed because he liked it. He Greek American education Lorene Erickson, “Ikaria Remembered” editor liked the mountains of Montana. He and three other Greeks were “...stories so strong and pure they burn the imagination.” partners. They had a big grocery Artemis Leontis, Associate Professor of Modern Greek, University of Michigan store/meat market/liquor store all rolled into one. One of the partners was my Uncle Bill, who was mar- 1703 86th Street “IKARIAREMEMBERED” ried to my mother’s sister. They al- Brooklyn, New York 11214 so had a big sheep and wheat Short stories and poems by ranch. At one time, they had two Tel.: (718) 621-2226 ranches, including a cattle ranch.” Fax: (718) 621-6160 NICHOLAS G. LARDAS Economou spoke Greek at Our school offers: with artworks by home, giving recitations of poetry ZACHARIAS A. LARDIS in church on Greek Independence 1) Afternoon school 6) Dance classes Day, after being coached by his Monday - Thursday 3-6 p.m. for children: Fridays 3:30-8 p.m. Nicholas Lardas, architect and author, writes about his mother. Recognizing his artistic tal- Adults: Mondays at 8 p.m. 2) Nursery school childhood on the Island of Ikaria during the Great Depression. ent, his mother gave him drawing Tuesdays and Thurdays 12-2 p.m. 7) School music band lessons with a Catholic nun, Sister His stories have classic “O’Henry-twist endings” as he propels 3) Saturday classes 10 a.m. - 2:50 p.m. 8) Private and safe environment Raphael, “a formidable teacher and the reader through intertwined and complex relationships. 4) Greek as a second language 9) Greek language teachers painter.” Economou continued from Greece Utilizing multi-media artworks, his brother Zacharias, painting until he entered Colgate, 5) Adult classes illustrates the mythological Ikaros. This collaboration between when he took all of his work and Saturday 10 a.m.-1:15 p.m. brothers provides a compelling journey of fictional tales about their Our children learn: dumped it in the basement. He lat- ancestral home of Ikaria. The greek language, history and culture er returned to art on Cape Cod, greek orthodox religion and one of his books contains his Soft cover author’s edition. Six stories and three poems, 14 full-color illustrations. art as well as poetry. For more info please call $11.95 Plus $ 3 for S&H. Send check or money-order to: “My parents were great,” Lardis Fine Arts -- PO Box 73 -- Beacon Falls, CT 06403 -- Questions: 203-729-0800 Economou says. “First of all, there the school office at 718-621-2226 or visit us 18 THE NATIONAL HERALD, DECEMBER 2, 2006 A Dark, Brooding But Beautiful Book about Childhood Memories of Ikaria

Continued from page 9 important persons in my married Betty Perros. in Fine Arts. After working as an life.” They raised three chil- advertising art director in Manhat- ple you can feel that about them or It is heartwarming to dren. tan, he traveled in Europe with his the place. Ikaria has a lot of shad- experience the love and Lardis became a reg- wife, Jill, and settled in Amster- ows, metaphysically speaking, and creative collaboration be- istered architect and dam, Holland for five years where they hide mysteries that emanate tween the brothers opened his own firm in he successfully developed an art from the island ... The island was Nicholas and Zacharias. 1971. After his retire- department for a new office for the not liberated from the Turks until They have brought us an ment at the age of 65, he advertising agency, J. Walter the 1920s. I heard as a child stories exception book. felt a void. With the urg- Thompson Company (JWT). Dur- told by relatives of terrible bloody NICHOLAS LARDAS, ing of his wife Betty, he ing their stay in Holland, Lardis battles between the Turks and AUTHOR returned to school to de- and his wife produced four musical Greeks.” After serving for three velop his dormant writ- comedies and a concert by Eartha Although Lardis was born in and a half years in the U.S. ing abilities. He took Kitt. He also had the opportunity to East Chicago, Indiana, he lived on Army during World War II, courses in writing and return for a visit to his Ikaria, Ikaria during his formative years, Nicholas Lardas returned literature where he was where he had lived for four years from age one to five. He explains home confused and angry. the star student amongst as a young child. When he re- his early interest in drawing. Man’s inhumanity haunt- the college youth. His turned to New York, he art directed “When I started school I could not ed him for many years. writings include stories many national accounts for JWT. speak English, so I drew pictures. I He drifted to Manhat- of the Village Restau- He moved to Connecticut where he was expressing myself visually in- tan where he worked in rant, the war years, po- started his own agency and remar- stead of with words.” his father’s Bar and Grill ems and a collection of ried. He and his wife Shirley raised Lardis expresses his admiration on Fourth Avenue. On his stories dealing with the four children. for his brother in his drawing, off hours he sat in subway struggles humans en- He continued his art studies at which appears on the cover of the cars observing the riders dure, their failings and The School of Visual Arts in New book. “It is of Nick, my brother, and making up vignettes triumphs. York, The University of Hartford who always had flights of imagina- about them. Other times He traveled to Ikaria and Wesleyan University in Mid- tion. Subconsciously he is like the he would go to the Bowery in 1992, seeking to un- dletown. Lardis’ art started to so- Ikarus in my drawings. He dares to and listen to the sagas of derstand vague feelings lidify as he focused on the human soar with his imagination and his the drunks and the dere- of unfinished connec- face. Intrigued with the dark and insight. I did that drawing of him licts. Nicholas Lardas in his U.S. Army uniform during tions from his early for- mysterious side of his subjects, he for his birthday in 1978. The title is When the Bar & Grill World War Two. He was drafted in 1942 on his mative years in Greece. sought to capture in his portrayals ‘You Saved my Life.’ He saved my closed, he moved to De- 18th birthday and served in the European theater. On his return home he an aspect of the primal feelings life by being there for me. He troit, Michigan with his fa- wrote “Ikaria Remem- people were afraid to acknowledge would carry me up the mountain- ther and uncle. His father and un- of Runyon-like characters. bered.” or express in their conscious world. side or would come to find me in cle bought a restaurant which they Dissatisfied with restaurant ZACHARIAS LARDIS, ARTIST He has had numerous exhibitions an olive tree when everyone was renamed the Village in memory of work, Lardas enrolled at the Uni- Zacharias Lardis graduated and awards, as well as solo shows looking for me. He was like my sur- Greenwich Village. The night shift versity of Michigan in Ann Arbor from the University of Michigan in New York, Connecticut, Indiana rogate father. He put me on some at the restaurant provided Nicholas where he studied architecture and with a Bachelor of Arts, majoring and Michigan. good paths. He is one of the most with a first class seat to the world design. In his sophomore year he in Information Design with a minor Impacted by the catastrophic event on September 11th, 2001, Lardis sought a visual symbol for his artistic expression. He discov- ered that the common 55-gallon oil drum was a powerful metaphor for global issues involving the environ- ment, the energy crisis and the Middle East war. He started a non- THE SAINT NICHOLAS profit art organization called Oil Drum Art and explored the trans- WILLIAM SPYROPOULOS formation of oil drums into aes- thetic and geopolitical art state- GREEK AMERICAN ments. He has curated ten Oil DAY SCHOOL Drum Art Exhibitions. Two years ago Jack initiated the Mission collaboration with his brother that of the resulted in the book, “Ikaria Re- school membered,” a book well worth reading. To provide our children To order “Ikaria Remembered” with a solid education send $11.95 plus $3.00 for ship- based on Hellenic ping to Lardis Fine Arts, P.O. Box Christian ideals and 73, Beacon Falls, CT 06403. principles that will Elaine Thomopoulos, who has a instil good character, doctorate in psychology, is a strong intellect freelance writer and indepen- and the capacity dent scholar. She edited and con- to make a valuable tributed to the book, “Greek- American Pioneer Women of Illi- contribution to society nois” and is currently project di- 43-15 196th Street rector and curator of the exhibit, Flushing, NY 11358 Greeks of Berrien County, Michi- (718) 357-5583 gan. She can be reached at tho- [email protected]. THE NATIONAL HERALD, DECEMBER 2, 2006 19 Why is the West Sacrificing Economou Rediscovers Amorous Ancients Cyprus on the Turkish Altar? in “Acts of Love”

Continued from page 14 Continued from page 17 Economou played host, showing good money, and then they sit the famous Greek writer around around and have someone else look same thing. America is pathologi- today in a large, open study space New York. He and wife Rochelle at their poems. Some of the faculty cally connected to Turkey through in their Wellfleet home. “We had then invited Elytis to their apart- doesn’t even look at the poems. the cold war and the military al- the house built for us in ’74, and ment for a real American dinner: T- They go in and talk about their own liance of NATO. This included nobody had ever lived in this house bone steaks, a large Greek salad, work. But who am I to criticize?” America’s approval of Turkey’s before, and so that’s special,” and corn on the cob. Elytis dis- Asked “Do you think poetry’s 1974 invasion of Cyprus. America Economou says. The couple reads dained the corn. “He said that in become too much of a hobby?” he has also had the delusion Turkish each others work, and occasionally Greece, we feed corn to pigs. But offered his trenchant view on the Islam is amenable to democracy they give poetry readings together. we said, ‘Here we love corn. This is topic. and Western values. The Moslem They went to Greece together in not horse corn.’ But he ate the “When you’re a writer, you meet attack of September 11, 2001 1977, and again in 2000. “Rochelle steak and salad with relish, and people. If people ask what you do, against America affected Cyprus loved it, and my relatives loved drank the wine. He was a very ele- and you say ‘I’m a poet,’ the re- even more because now the United her. I have a lot of Greek cousins gant man, and gave me books and sponse is usually something like States is fighting a war against there. I would like to go again.” signed them.” ‘My daughter won a prize for poet- Iraq, wanting Turkey on its side; For Economou, his first trip to Economou has new projects un- ry in the first grade.’ Of course, po- sacrificing Greek Cyprus is small Greece in 1957 after earning his derway, including a Cavafy transla- etry is made of words, which is the potatoes. This is the picture emerg- master’s degree proved significant. tion, soon to be published, and a most common coin of the realm. ing from Palley’s pioneering study, On that trip, he not only discov- poetry book about “an invented an- But right away people say ‘I do po- shedding light on the suffering of Author Claire Palley, a British ered his Greek family, including a cient Greek poet.” Economou nev- etry, too,’ a rather different re- the Cypriot people. The corrupt lawyer and legal scholar, advised Zorba-like uncle, but got to know er took a creative writing course sponse than if one announced, ‘I’m politics of England and America the president of Cyprus for 25 the poets Odysseus Elytis and and questions the efficacy of their a brain surgeon.’ ” corrupt the U.N. and prop Turkish years. Nikos Gatsos. proliferation. aggression, diminishing hope for a “They were pals,” Economou re- “I used to tell my students, you A freelance journalist, Penelope just settlement of the grievances tions Debacle” send $ 45 to Inter- calls. “They were wonderful. They will not become a creative writer by Karageorge is the author of a po- between Greeks and Turks in national Specialized Book Service, were older. I saw them numerous taking this workshop,” he says. “So etry collection, "Red Lipstick and Cyprus. It is this international law- 920 NE 58th Avenue, Suite 300, times. I would go to the cafenio now I catch myself saying, look at the Wine-Dark Sea," and two lessness that allows, nay encour- Portland, OR 97213 where they met every afternoon for all these assembly line poets -- you novels, "Murder at Tomorrow," ages, plunder of northern Cyprus. (503.287.3093). coffee. They talked about poetry, know you contributed to that. Writ- and "Stolen Moments," published One feeds on the other. and gossiped a little, but they ing has become kind of a business, in England as "Winners" and in To order “War and Cultural Her- E. G. Vallianatos, a student of wanted to talk mostly about litera- and an industry. Wherever you look, Germany as "New York, New itage” send $ 30 to Modern Greek Greek history and global envi- ture, and I felt at times they were there are ads for prizes, ads for sum- York". Her film script, "The Neon Studies, Univ. of Minnesota, 267 ronmental politics, is the author testing me. For instance, they mer workshops, and all those are Jungle," recently emerged sev- 19th Avenue South, Minneapolis, of several studies, including the wanted to talk about James Joyce.” money-making things. They have enth out of more than 3,000 en- MN 55455 (612.624.4526). forthcoming “The Passion of the When Elytis came to New York guest faculty. They have people tries in the prestigious Final To order “An International Rela- Greeks.” City on a State Department visit, come in for a day or two. People pay Draft competition.

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Three credits All students must sign up for 6, with a minimum of 4 three credit courses. ____ Greek Folk Dances No credit classes This ancestral home, which had “North of Ithaka” service with her: “My favorite cele- ____ Greek Musical Instruments No credit classes belonged to Gage’s grandmother bration occurred at the ‘panegyric’ ___ ARTH 280 Early Christian & Byzantine Art History Three credits ___ Writing for Print Three credits SUMMER 2007, GREECE and namesake, Eleni Gatzoyiannis, By Eleni N. Gage of Agia Triada, right in Lia, when I ___ COMM 293 Writing for Broadcast Three credits Name______was in ruins when young Gage ar- joined my fellow villagers in a pa- ___ Talk, Interview and Discussion Programs Three credits All students must sign for 1 or 2 courses with a maximum of five. St. Martin’s Press, 284 pages, ___ ENGL 293 Modern Greek Literature Three credits rived in Greece. The decline of this $23.95, $13.95 paperback rade to show off our icon of the ___ HIST 214.History and Archaeology of Classical Greece Three credits 1. ____MGRK 101. ELEMENTARY MODERN GREEK 101 once beautiful home began when Holy Trinity, which was framed by ___ HIST 250.History and Archaeology of Byzantine Greece Three credits Rhodes, July 1 to July 20. Four credits ___ HIST 298 History of Modern Greece Three credits 2. ____MGRK 102. ELEMENTARY MODERN GREEK 102 Communist guerillas invaded the pink and fuchsia hydrangeas for ___ MGRK 101 Elementary Modern Greek I Four credits Rhodes, July 22 to August 10. Four credits village after the retreat of the Axis the occasion. ___ MGRK 102 Elementary Modern Greek II Four credits 3. ____MGRK 101. ELEMENTARY MODERN GREEK I ___ MGRK 103 Intermediate Modern Greek I Four credits Rhodes, May 13 to June 1. Four credits powers from Greece and took the “At the end of the evening ser- ___ MGRK 104 Intermediate Modern Greek II Four credits 4. ____HISTORY AND ARCHAEOLOGY OF CLASSICAL GREECE home as their headquarters. They vice in Agia Triada, Antonis Makos, ___ MGRK 299 Language and Culture of Greece Three credits Alexandreion-Dion, June 3 to June 22. Three credits ___ PHIL 221 Ancient Greek Philosophy Three credits 5. ____HISTORY AND ARCHAEOLOGY OF ANCIENT MACEDONIA held trials in the main rooms and the church council president, ___ Introduction to Drama Three credits Aiani-Kozanis and Dion, July 8 July to July 27. Three credits converted the basement into a picked up the icon and took the ___ Reviving Greek Drama: Interpretations @ Misinterpretations 6. ____INTERMEDIATE MODERN GREEK I ___ Introduction to Poetry Three credits. Rhodes, June 3 to June 22. Four credits prison in which 31 villagers, in- lead, followed by Father Prokopi ___ MGRK 293 Greek Design and Architecture Three credit 7. ____MYCENAEAN HISTORY AND ARCHAEOLOGY Sparta-Pellana, July 1 to July 20. Three credits cluding Gatzoyiannis, were tor- wielding his censer, Spiro the can- UNIVERSITY OF MACEDONIA, THESSALONIKI, GREECE 8. ____CLASSICAL GREEK I tured and imprisoned. After a se- tor, Sofia the lady cantor, and sev- SEMESTER PROGRAM Rhodes, June 3 to June 22. Four credits ries of tragic incidents in which eral boys who had come for vaca- Name______9. ____THE LANGUAGE AND CULTURE OF GREECE All students must sign up for 6, with a minimum of 4 three credit courses. Ikaria, July 1 to July 22. Three credits some villagers betrayed Gatzoyian- though he spent most of his adult- tion with their families and been 10. ____GREEK MYTHOLOGY nis and testified that she had hood away from it,” she writes, “so given the important task of carry- ___ ECON 202 Economic History of Greece Rhodes, July 1 to July 20. Three credits ___ POLS 225 Elements of European Community Law 11. ____THE LANGUAGE AND CULTURE OF GREECE planned the escape from the vil- Lia loomed in my mind: as a home ing the gold standards used in ___ POLS 287 European Union: Institutions and Politics Rhodes, July 17 to August 7. Three credits lage of her young son Nick (Gage’s from long ago that would require Church parades. We proceeded to- ___ POLS 287 European Union and Greek Corporations 12. ____THE GREEK ENVIRONMENT ___ Global Financial Management Mytilini and Karpenisi, June 24 to July 13. Three credits father) and his sisters, Gatzoyian- much effort to be reached.” ward the church of Agia Paraskevi, ___ POLS 230 International Relations @ Democratization in SE Europe 13. ____BYZANTINE ART HISTORY nis was arrested, and as so many This gutsy act is a pleasure to in front of men drinking coffee or ___ ECON 293 EU Economic Integration @ Labor Market Institutions Rhodes, May 13 to June 1. Three Credits ___ POLS 216 International Economic Law @ Law of International Transactions 14. ____HISTORY AND ARCHAEOLOGY OF CLASSICAL GREECE others, brutally executed. Gage’s read about – the book is sprinkled moonshine at the ‘kafenion’ (café) ___ POLS 293 The EU & USA: Comparing Economic & Social Institutions Alexandreion - Dion, July 22 to August 10. Three credits father details this tragic story in his with fascinating bits of history and who rose to cross themselves as we ___ INTD 193 Labor Market Institutions and Human Resource Manage- 15. ____ MGRK 293 THE GREEK THEATER Delphi, June 24 to July 13. Three Credits ment in the European Union and the United States book, “Eleni.” culture, colorful characters, and an passed by singing hymns devoted 16. ____MARINE ECOLOGY Mytilini, June 3 to June 22. Three credits Since the time of the children’s honest, playful writing style that to particular saints.” UNIVERSITY OF AEGEAN, SEMESTER PROGRAM 17. ____ BIOLOGY OF MARINE MAMMALS escape in 1948, the home in Lia evokes a profound sense of place. With playful language, Gage Name______Irakleion – Crete, June 3 to June 22. Three credits All students must sign up for 6, with a minimum of 4 three credit courses 18. ____INTRODUCTION TO MARINE & COASTAL LAW had fallen into crumbled ruins. The reader not only learns about transforms even the simplest daily ____ Environmental Science Three credits Rhodes, June 3 to June 22. Three credits And the little girls, who had now the tragic history of the civil war activities of village life into events ____ Marine Biology Three credits 19. ____MGRK 102 ELEMENTARY MODERN GREEK II ____ MARN 135 Marine Ecology Three credits Alexandreion – Dion, July 22 to August 10. Four credits grown to be Gage’s aunts, forbade that tore the region apart after teeming with excitement. Her visit 20. ____MARINE BIOLOGY OF MEDITERRANEAN COASTAL WATERS her from returning to the home, World War II, and the political dif- to the “kafenion” one day is one Irakleion – Crete, June 3 to June 22. Three credits which they believed had a curse. ferences that led to Gatzoyiannis’ such example. As she had her cof- Courses also available for the winter intersession program Despite her aunts’ stern warn- tragic death, but also learns about fee, an argument erupted about Study Abroad Programs or Center for Hellenic Studies Paideia ings, Gage follows the longing of how the region has related to Alba- who makes better sausage, Greeks University of Connecticut Campus of the University of Connecticut 368 Fairfield Rd., Unit 2207 28 Dog lane, P.O. Box 818, her heart to create a new, positive nia historically and culturally, and or Germans. “In one corner, repre- Storrs, CT 06269-1207 Storrs, CT 06268-0818 Tel. (860)486-5022 Tel/fax (860)429-8518 memory in their ancestral village. about all kinds of local customs. senting Germany, was a Liotan lady http://www.studyabroad.uconn.edu Email: [email protected] She gives up her comfortable life in From Lenten traditions, to views of who had married a German, set- www.paideiaonline.org New York to move to Lia in 2002. the afterlife, and local politics, the tled in Munich, and was in Lia on Through a series of humorous en- reader gets a distinct flavor for life vacation. In the other corner was counters, she hires an eccentric ar- and history in this remote area of everyone else, loudly protesting on chitect from Athens as well as Greece. behalf of the Greeks and particu- builders from neighboring Albania, For example, as the local elec- larly the Ifantis sausage dynasty, and embarks on a journey to re- tion heats up and consumes daily whose patriarch had been born in build the home, and to rebuild the conversation throughout the vil- Lia.” As she describes her frequent Expand story of her family and their rela- lage (There are six candidates for dinners with her new friends Dina your mind... tionship to the place they love. In the same office in a town of 130 and Vangelis, the reader feels as if doing so, she helps to heal her fam- people), Gage writes, “Politics is he/she is with her, eating pita in ily’s and the village’s scars from the still the major divisive factor in so- the neighbors’ yard, and laughing The National Herald Bookstore terrible tragedy and recreates the ciety. Modern Greek life has always about the events of the day. “That (718) 784-5255 family home as a place of peace been overshadowed by history, not night, over dinner at Dina’s, I told [email protected] and inspiration. just the legends of ancient Greece everyone about the Great Sausage “Just as Ithaka provided a psy- but the still-fresh scars acquired by Debate, the newcomers at the chological home for Odysseus even the growing Greek state in the ‘kafenion,’ and how inflamed they THE NATIONAL HERALD, DECEMBER 2, 2006 21 all were by culinary chauvinism.” inviting her over for editor to overseeing the tity.” This reader ventures to say Her colorful descriptions of the breakfast. “Guess what I construction of a his- that this is true for all of us. And in story’s characters bring them to have for you today?” Di- toric house or dancing reading this book, one might just life. In response to Gage’s an- na asks once Gage is at at a gypsy wedding, be inspired to learn about one’s nouncement that she would return her kitchen table. “It’s Gage has transcended own family history. to Lia to rebuild the family home, milk, fresh from the borders of time, age, In this lovely memoir and trav- her chorus of aunts in America goat!” and Dina places a culture and lifestyle in a elogue, Gage honors the memory replied, “What? You crazy? ... You full eight-ounce glass of way many people of her grandmother, and creates a gonna get killed by Albanians and creamy liquid in front of dream about. In so do- new memory for herself and for the eaten by wolves!” And in reply to Gage, saying, “I told ing, she learned about reader – one which continues to Gage’s question of how long it Iphigenia, the shep- her past and about her- provide joy even once the story has would take to rebuild the house, herdess, that you’ve nev- self, transformed super- ended. This reader was left want- George Zervas, the Greek architect, er had fresh goat’s milk stitious fear into a feel- ing the journey to continue, and is replied, “Time is just a construct. and she gave me this for ing of being blessed and delighted to report that it may in- I’ve been able to break the bound- you – it’s so healthy!” open to miracles, and deed. Gage has returned to life in aries of time, like scientists are al- Lively descriptions like gave readers a lens New York, but this time not as an ways trying to do. It’s easy – just this abound throughout through which to view editor for People. She is in a Mas- don’t wear a watch! He added that the book and make the an area of Greece often ters of Fine Arts program at Colum- he also didn’t believe in cell reader feel as though overlooked by visitors bia University, where the muses phones, computers, or answering he/she is vicariously and writers. As she may be inspiring her to write her machines – anything that allowed traveling to Lia with notes in referring to next book. the outside world to intrude on his every word. herself and her Thio An- thoughts.” Whether by moving gelo who had just re- Penelope Petropoul received her Gage’s new neighbors in Lia are from a city of 8 million turned to his childhood bachelor’s degree in history from described with similar panache. As to a village of 130 (with home in Albania, “The the University of Chicago. She Gage is sitting on her terrace drink- the median age of 70), places our families plans alumni programs for the ing tea, she hears a piercing voice transitioning from work- CHAYO MATA came from were an inex- University of Chicago and enjoys call, “Eleni!” It’s her neighbor Dina, ing as a magazine beauty Eleni Gage tricable part of our iden- traveling and writing.

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Greek Orthodox Church By Steve Frangos 3. “New Smyrna: an Eighteenth Michigan: Proctor Publications, ry and culture. of SAINT DEMETRIOS Special to The National Herald Century Greek Odyssey” by 1995, ISBN: 1882792157). Epaminondas P. Panagopoulos, This long delayed publication is 7. “Buried Unsung: Louis Tikas JAMAICA DAY SCHOOL The following books on Greek (Brookline, Mass: Holy Cross Or- a major contribution to Greek and the Ludlow Massacre” by Zeese 84-35 152nd St., Jamaica, NY 11432 American life and experience, in thodox Press, 1978, ISBN: American history. It covers the Age Papanikolas (Lincoln: University of (718) 526-2622, Fax: (718)526-1680 fiction and non-fiction, are all 0916586146). of Exploration through the Colonial Nebraska Press, 1991; Second Edi- readily available. Not all of these This is a stirring historical ac- Era, into the 1880 to 1920 era of tion, revised, ISBN: 0803287275). Mission Statement volumes are newly released. In fact count of the New Smyrna Colony, mass migration. The authors have Louis Tikas was a union organiz- Our mission at Jamaica Day School several of the books cited below established in eastern Florida in presented historical material not er killed by state militia at the Lud- of St. Demetrios is to profoundly affect are new editions of books long 1768 during Great Britain's admin- readily available in other volumes. low Massacre during the coal strike the lives of our students. By providing an environment steeped in the moral available. Unfortunately, some vol- istration. Over half of the nearly of 1913-1914 in Colorado. Pa- values of the Greek Orthodox Church, umes are out of print. All of these 1,200 colonists were Greeks. Today 3. “Studies on Greek Americans” panikolas offers this unusual merg- we seek to develop individuals who learn and grow in an atmosphere suggested readings are meant to the St. Photios Shrine in St. Augus- by George Kourvetaris (Boulder, er of biography and labor history as characterized by self discipline, respect make books that are important to tine Florida, which was the Avero Colorado: East European Mono- the forum for reflecting upon a for others and, most of all, a strong moral fiber. We teach and serve with an Greek American self-awareness House and location of worship for graphs, 1997, ISBN: 0880333774). whole generation of Greek immi- enthusiasm born of special competence known to a wider audience. the survivors of this ill-fated colony, This reader consists of 12 articles grant workers. and a singular devotion to our students, All books cited can be effortless- is now maintained by the Greek Or- on various aspects of the Greek which ignites within them an enduring passion for learning. ly ordered from your local book- thodox Archdiocese. American experience. It includes 8. “A Guide to Greek Traditions store, the Internet or obtained articles on early and late immi- and Customs in America” by Mari- Saint Demetrios celebrates the uniqueness and talents of every child. from your neighborhood library via 4. "Founded on Freedom and grants, first and second generation lyn Rouvelas (Bethesda, Maryland: Our school offers a nurturing environment inter-library loan. Virtue: Documents Illustrating the Chicago Greeks, Greek Orthodox Attica Press, 1993) (ISBN: with a comprehensive, developmentally appropriate, standards-based curriculum to Listed alphabetically we have Impact in the United States of the and Greek American ethnic identi- 096380510X, Second Edition, maximize the intellectual, social and arranged these volumes into sever- Greek War of Independence, 1821- ty, the Greek American family, 2002, ISBN: 0963805118). emotional growth of all children. Our al categories: history/sociology, bi- 1829” by Constantine G Hatzidim- Greek American entrepreneurs, the This especially fine guide's pur- administrators, teachers, parents and children work together to achieve ography/memoirs, returning to itriou (New York: Caratzas, 2002, Greeks of Asia Minor and Egypt, pose is to "explain the meaning and excellence and a love of learning. Greece, growing up Greek, fiction ISBN: 089241572X). migration of Greek scientists, con- beauty of Greek customs and foster and celebrity biography. A massive collection of docu- flicts of Greeks in the diaspora, Ba- the appreciation they deserve" and ments related to the American re- hamian Greeks and the future of to "provide useful information on sponse to the Greek War of Inde- Greek America. those traditions and customs as I. HISTORY/SOCIOLOGY pendence is included in this vol- practiced in America.” Originally a ume. News of the outbreak of the 4. “Greek Americans: Struggle & most useful guide for non-Greeks A. EARLY GREEK IMMIGRATION war ignited a world wide response Success” by Charles C. Moskos marrying into the culture and faith, 1. “The Greek Exile: or, A Narra- called “The Grecian Fever.” The (New Brunswick: New Jersey: this book has helped those of the tive of the Captivity and Escape of United States government docu- Transaction Publishers, 1999; Sec- third and fourth generations under- • Advanced Early Childhood Program Christophorus Plato Castanis, Dur- ments, newspaper accounts, jour- ond Edition, revised, ISBN: stand their own cultural past. Full and Half Day • Kindergarten - Full Day ing the Massacre on the Island of nal entries of selected Philhellenes 0887387780). • Standards Based program Scio, by the Turks, Together with and other materials are reproduced This book, a fine combination of 9. “The Greeks in the United • New York State Certified Teachers Various Adventures in Greece and here as testimony to the immediate, sociological insight with historical States” by Theodore Saloutos • Grades 1 to 8 • Greek Language Program America” by Christophoros Plato overwhelming and sustained re- detail, traces the Greek experience (Cambridge: Harvard University Fully Equipped Computer Lab Castanis (New York: Cultural sponse of the American public and in the United States from the 1700s Press, 1964). • Extracurricular Activities Chapter of the Chian Federation, its government to this bid for free- through the 20th century. This landmark book in American • Exciting Field Trips • Small Class Size 2002, ISBN: 0972180605). dom. immigration studies is still regard- and Personalized Attention Christophorus Castanis was one 5. “Reading Greek-America: ed as the foremost history of Greeks • Strong Emphasis of some 40 Greek refugees and or- B. GREEK IMMIGRATION Studies in the Experience of Greeks in the United States. on Discipline and Moral Values • Excellent Preparation for phans brought to the United States AFTER 1880 in the United States” by Spyros D. Specialized and Parochial during the Greek War of Indepen- 1. “New Directions in Greek Orfanos, editor (New York: Pella, 10. Greek-American Pioneer High School Entrance Exam. dence. This reprinted and edited American Studies” edited by Dan 2002, ISBN: 0918618835). Women of Illinois: the Stories of edition was originally published in Georgakas and Charles C. Moskos This college reader was assem- Georgia Bitzis Pooley, Presbytera 1851. The book deals principally (New York: Pella, 1991, ISBN: bled and used by Dr. Spyros Or- Stella Christoulakis Petrakis, with the author's experiences dur- 0918618479). phanos over a 20-year period of Theano Papazoglou Margaris, ing the tragic year of 1822 when Greek American studies can be teaching Greek American studies. Venette Askounes Ashford, and the Turks massacred over 60,000 understood as the effort to relate The 18 essays are divided into three Senator Adeline J. Geo-Karis” edit- Chians and sold another 40,000 in- academic research, intellectual un- broad areas of concern: history and ed by Elaine Cotsirilos Thomopou- to slavery. derstanding and artistic expression politics, society and culture, and los (Charleston, SC: Arcadia, 2000, • A student at Jamaica Day School of Saint to the manifold and ongoing expe- psychology. An amazing array of ISBN: 073850825X). Demetrios has pride in his/her school, his/her community, him and herself. 2. “Hoi Sphages tou 1822 kai he rience of Americans of Greek ances- topics, events and issues are assem- Five essays report upon the • A student at Jamaica Day School of Saint Zoe Mou/The Massacres of Chios- try. A major threshold was crossed bled and reviewed. lives, careers and accomplishments Demetrios has honor in working 1822: a Personal Narrative Written at “The Greek American Experi- of five notable Greek American to make him/herself a better person for my Family” by George M. ence: A Conference on the State of 6. “An Amulet of Greek Earth: women of Illinois. • A student at Jamaica Day School of Saint Demetrios has courage Colvocoresses (Athena: Ekdose Scholarship and an Agenda for the Generations of Immigrant Folk Cul- to stand up for what is right. Philoproodou Homilou Kampou Future” sponsored by the Immigra- ture” by Helen Papanikolas II. BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIRS • A student at Jamaica Day School of Saint Chios, 1992, ISBN: 9608523508). tion History Research Center of the (Athens, Ohio: Swallow Press, Ohio Demetrios has love for his fellow human beings so that we all may This is another account by an University of Minnesota in May University Press: 2002, ISBN: A. “Not Even My Name: From a have a better world to live in. 1821 refugee to America who was 1989. This volume presents a selec- 0804010373). Death March in Turkey to a New destined to become a captain in the tion of those papers, which opened This is a fine summation of He- Home in America, a Young Girl's United States Navy. George M. up new and important research ar- len Zeese Papanikolas' half a centu- True Story of Genocide and Sur- Colvocoresses took part in the eas in the nascent field of Greek ry of research and writing on Greek vival” by Thea Halo (New York: Pic- Wilkes Expedition and is the au- American studies. immigrant life. Based on extensive ador, 2001, ISBN: 0312262116). thor of a noted book on that naval study, personal interviews, histori- This account written by Thea adventure. Since Captain George 2. “A History of the Greeks in the cal photographs and a vast array of Halo’s daughter, Sano, relates her Colvocoresses, each generation of Americas 1453-1938” by Paul Ko- other documents, Papanikolas of- gradual discovery of her mother’s his descendents have served in the ken, Theodore N. Constant, and fers a convincing and graceful pre- complicated past as a Greek Pontic ARRANGE A VISIT TODAY!!! United States Navy. Seraphim G. Canoutas (Ann Arbor, sentation of Greek American histo- survivor of the Asia Minor 1922 THE NATIONAL HERALD, DECEMBER 2, 2006 23 the Greek American Experience

Holocaust. the subtitle “A Journey to a Greek (Xlibris Corporation, 2004, ISBN: fessions of an All-Night Runner” by lyst and former advisor to Presi- Island.” 1413488102). Dean Karnazes (New York: Pen- dent Clinton; and Dr. P. Roy Vage- B. “The Best of Friends: Two Sis- This massive novel offers a fic- guin, 2006). los, former chairman of Merck ters, One Journey” by Connie IV. GROWING UP GREEK tional survey of the life, loves and Internationally famed athlete, Pharmaceuticals. The interviewees Kiosse (Haverford, PA: Infinity Pub- ambitions of the first Greek immi- Dean Karnazes, discusses his career share their lives, their work and lishing: 2003; ISBN: 0741417391). A. “North of Ithaka: One grant to win the Medal of Honor, achievements with some very brief their feelings for their Hellenic her- This biography interweaves the Woman's Odyssey into her Family's George Dilboy. mention of his Greek family. Ac- itage. lives of two Greek Macedonian sis- Extraordinary Past” by Eleni N. cording to the British publication, ters, Connie and Christine, who Gage (London: Bantam Press, B. “Hellenes and Hellions: Mod- The Economist, Karnazes’ book is D. “Tommyland” by Tommy Lee were born in Bridgeport, Connecti- 2004). ern Greek Characters in American rated “the seventh biggest sports with Anthony Bozza (New York: cut. Once Christine is diagnosed This is a continuing story of a Literature” by Alexander Karanikas bestseller” in the world. Atria Books, 2004, ISBN: with the HIV virus, the sisters band Greek American family made fa- (Chicago: University of Illinois 074348343X). together and try to make some mous through the international Press, 1981, ISBN: 0252007921). C. “Apollo's Legacy, The Hellenic An infamous rock musician of- sense of the nonsensical. The best seller “Eleni” by Nicholas This massive tome is the fore- Torch in America at the Dawn of fers something of his life. In part events in this volume span the Gage. most study on Greek characters in the Millennium” by Effie Lascarides the publicity release for this mem- years as they try to understand how American literature. Anyone wish- (Brookline, MA: Hellenic College oir notes: “I am Tommy Lee, born “a working class, non-smoking, B. “Growing Up Greek in South ing to learn about Greek American Press, 2000, ISBN: 0917653513). Tommy Lee Bass in Athens, Greece non-drinking mother of three Bend The Early Years: 1926-1964” literature or how non-Greek writers This collection of 16 in-depth on October 3, 1962, and raised in a (could) contract AIDS.” edited by: Elaine Makris Daniels in America have utilized Greek interviews with prominent Greek suburb of California by an Ameri- (2001, ISBN: 09714322). characters in fiction should first Americans includes: former Prima can father and a Greek mother. At C. “The Book of Jon” by Eleni This book gives a detailed ac- consult this one-of-a-kind study. Ballerina Helene Alexopoulos, Dr. 17, I joined Mötley Crüe and we be- Sikelianos (City Lights Publishers, count of community life among the Teni Boulikas, founder of Regulon came one of the baddest-ass rock 2004, ISBN: 0872864367). Greeks of South Bend. Photographs C. “The Orchards of Ithaca” by Inc.; Peter Chrisanthopoulos, bands in history.” In this biography of her father add interest to this comprehensive Harry Mark Petrakis (Southern Illi- Azteca Communications; Philip and distinguished family, Eleni volume. nois University Press: 2004: ISBN: Christopher, president of Audiovox E. “Sharing the Wealth: My Sto- Sikelianos (who is herself a noted 0809325780). Communications; Dr. Peter Dia- ry” by Alex Spanos, with Mark Seal American poet) fuses narrative, C. “Growing Up Greek in St. This is a vivid allegory of the mandis, founder of the Interna- and Natalia Kasparian (Washing- journal entries, letters and her own Louis” by Aphrodite Matsakis changes undergone in the Greek tional Space University; Michael ton, D.C.: Regnery Pub., 2002, IS- reminiscences to offer a loving and (Charleston, SC: Arcadia, 2002, IS- American experience by one Greek- Dukakis; Demetrios Giannaros, BN: 0895261588). critical portrayal. BN: 0738519561). town family, from one epoch to the state representative from Connecti- Alex Spanos, self-made billion- Aphrodite Matsakis interweaves next. cut; Chris Giftos, Metropolitan Mu- aire real estate developer and own- D. “No Return Address: A Mem- her family’s experiences before and seum of Art; Evangeline Gouletas, er of the San Diego Chargers, re- oir of Displacement" by Anca Vla- after immigration with those of VI. CELEBRITY BIOGRAPHY co-founder of American Invesco; calls episodes from his life. sopoulos (New York: Columbia other Greeks within the broader Dr. George Hatsopoulos, founder University Press, 2000). community of St. Louis, Missouri. A. “Ask Me Again Tomorrow: A of Thermo Electron; Matina Steve Frangos, a regular contrib- This much praised volume is the Numerous photographs help to Life in Progress” by Olympia Souretis Horner, former president utor of The National Herald, is a memoir of a daughter’s account of provide an added dimension to this Dukakis (New York: Harper Collins, of Radcliffe College; Tom Maniatis, freelance writer who travels her Greek Jewish family’s recollec- finely rendered fusion of stories. 2003, ISBN: 0060188219). Professor of Molecular Biology, throughout the country investi- tions of experiences in Romania The famed actress’s biography Harvard University; Nikolaos gating and gathering historical and their travails across Eastern Eu- V. FICTION includes much discussion about her Robakis, Professor, Mt. Sinai information about the Greek rope in their journey to America in interaction and relationship with School of Medicine; Alex Spanos, American community. Readers the aftermath of the Holocaust. A. “Georgie! My Georgie!: The her Greek immigrant mother. real estate developer and owner of interested in contacting him are First Greek-American to Win the the San Diego Chargers; George encouraged to e-mail him at III. RETURNING TO GREECE Medal of Honor” by Eddie Brady B. “Ultra Marathon Man: Con- Stephanopoulos, ABC News Ana- [email protected].

A. “The Olive Grove: Travels in Greece” by Katherine Kizilos (Aus- tralia: Lonely Planet Pubs, 1997, IS- BN: 0864424590). Katherine Kizilos, a journalist born in Australia, reports on her re- turn to her father Angelo’s village of Chrysambela. Kizilos’ inheri- tance of an olive grove, held for generations by her family, focuses all of her memories and concerns onto the question of her own iden- tity.

B. “The Feasts of Memory: Sto- ries of a Greek Family” by Elias Ku- lukundis (New York: Peter E. Ran- dall Publisher, 2003; Second Edi- tion, ISBN: 1931807116). This is a reprint of the highly en- tertaining volume recounting the author’s journey back to his family’s island villages. The grandson of two Kasiot sea captains and the son of a Kasiot shipowner, Elias Ku- lukundis, was born in London but raised in Rye, New York. It was originally published in 1967 with 24 THE NATIONAL HERALD, DECEMBER 2, 2006