Elena Georgiou

Writer, editor, and professor Elena Georgiou: author of Rhapsody of the Naked Immigrants and mercy mercy me; co-editor of The World in Us...

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Rain Taxi review of “The Immigrant’s Refrigerator”

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My thanks to the very kind George Longenecker for his review of The Immigrant’s Refrigerator (GenPop Books 2018) in the current issue of In Rain Taxi. George writes: This is not the first time there has been racist, nativist backlash in this country and throughout the world, yet the U.S. remains a nation of immigrants, a place […]

New fiction in Cagibi

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I’m thrilled to be part of Issue 5 — the first anniversary issue! — of Cagibi, whose editors were kind enough to publish my short story “Paradise, Undusted.”

The Immigrant’s Refrigerator reviewed in Sinister Wisdom

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My thanks to Sara Gregory, who reviewed The Immigrant’s Refrigerator (GenPop Books, 2018) for issue 109 of Sinister Wisdom. Sara describes the collection as a “a multiply-voiced chorus spanning experiences of political upheaval, violence, sex work, death, scholarship, bread-baking, spirituality, physical and psychic hunger.” Elena Georgiou’s The Immigrant’s Refrigerator arrives at an important sociopolitical moment. Dominant opinion has […]

Letter to a Not-So-Young Writer

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  I am happy to have been asked to blog at the Story Prize, where I’ve written a “Letter to a Not-So-Young Writer.” Here’s an excerpt: I know that writing advice is divided over “writing what you know” versus “writing what you don’t know.” Why this split? Why not both? How do I feel about […]

Bustle Magazine features The Immigrant’s Refrigerator, New American Voices Award

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My thanks to Maddy Foley for interviewing me for Bustle magazine, spotlighting the finalists for the New American Voices award. Here’s an excerpt: At the heart of the United States’ current immigration firestorm lies the myth of the American identity, which certain factions claim to be stalwart, never-changing, never-shifting. But the finalists for a new literary award honoring […]

Publishers Weekly highlights The Immigrant’s Refrigerator, finalists for New American Voices Award

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Finalist!

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I’m excited and honored that my new book, The Immigrant’s Refrigerator, has been named a finalist for the Institute for Immigration Research New American Voices Award. My thanks to FallForTheBook.org and the judges, and congratulations to the other finalists. I look forward to attending the award ceremony in October. From the website: Hernán Díaz, Elena […]

“Best of a Flourishing Genre”: Library Journal review of The Immigrant’s Refrigerator

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I am honored that The Immigrant’s Refrigerator is included in Barbara Hoffert’s article, “The Art of the Short Story: 16 New Collections Reveal the Best of a Flourishing Genre,” at Library Journal. Hoffert writes: A Lambda Literary Award–winning poet, Georgiou portrays immigrants to America, both legal and illegal, in heartfelt, no-nonsense prose. . . . It’s indeed […]

Interview at Epiphany Mag: A Conversation about Immigration, Food, and Dance

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I am grateful to Nancy Hightower for a wonderful interview at Epiphany Magazine. Here’s Nancy’s introduction to the interview: Given that the term “immigrant” is now so often malignantly deployed in political rhetoric, there is no better time to read Elena Georgiou’s collection The Immigrant’s Refrigerator, which explores boundaries—both physical and emotional—and how they shape individual’s identity […]

Interview at Entropy Mag’s “Dinnerview”

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Many thanks to Danielle Susi, who interviewed me for her column at Entropy Magazine: “Dinnerview.” Among other things, Danielle asked what the light looks like during my favorite meal of the day: Bright sun, shining on my face, forearms, and hands. After a life of city living, I now live in a rural place—a cottage, just feet away […]

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NEW BOOK FOR 2018!

The Immigrant's Refrigerator
Fiction. Short Stories.
GenPop Books, 2018

If luck is on an author’s side, a book reaches its audience at the right time. Elena Georgiou’s The Immigrant’s Refrigerator can confidently make this claim. Populated with a cast of characters that shine the light on what it means to be an outsider in the early part of the 21st century, this story collection takes its reader into the private lives of those who have entered a country legally, others who were forced to enter illegally, and the rest who call a country home as a result of birth; characters searching for what they need to sustain them on their journeys towards a future that will not only be a place of refuge, but also one of hope.

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