Books

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

* SPD Fiction Bestseller
* Finalist for the Institute for Immigration Research New American Voices Award

“A Lambda Literary Award–winning poet, Georgiou portrays immigrants to America, both legal and illegal, in heartfelt, no-nonsense prose…. It’s brutally hard to imagine that kind of experience, but Georgiou brings it closer. Verdict: A keen, sobering work.” — LIBRARY JOURNAL: “THE ART OF THE SHORT STORY… THE BEST OF A FLOURISHING GENRE” “Quiet, yet powerful stories…. Themes of displacement and loneliness…. Georgiou’s timely collection will appeal to any reader interested in immigration issues.” — BOOKLIST “Exquisite . . . timely . . . poignant stories remind us of the vital role that human compassion plays in bridging ethnic, cultural, and socioeconomic divides.” — AIMEE LIU. “Quietly devastating . . . a testament to the tender, transformative power of acceptance and love.” — RAHNA REIKO RIZZUTO “Elena Georgiou is a dazzlingly good writer.” — JOHN MCMANUS

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Poetry
Harbor Mountain Press, 2009
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“Your visa to the poetry of immigration.” —LISA BIRMAN “Beautifully and unabashedly exposed… Remarkably brave.” —JENNY BOULLY “Beautiful…. The “blossom” that falls to the train floor.” —BHANU KAPIL

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Poetry
University of Wisconsin Press, 2003
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“The debut of a lucid, lusty new voice in American poetry…. A poetry of rare independence and vulnerability, sass, and sophistication” — MOLLY PEACOCK. “This girl rocks the poetry boat” — GERRY GOMEZ PEARLBERG

world-in-us The World in Us
Elena Georgiou & Michael Lassell, editors.

Poetry Anthology
St. Martins Press, 2000
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“The selection of verse is mature, nuanced, and skillful… Call them what you will — gay poets, lesbian poets, new wave poets — though “first-rate poets” suffices quite nicely.” — TIME OUT NEW YORK

Rain Taxi review of “The Immigrant’s Refrigerator”

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

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

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

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

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

Finalist!

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

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 […]