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Sophia Kouidou-Giles
May 31, 2021
The Secrets Hidden Beneath the Palm Tree
Guest Post by Angeliki Stamatopoulou-Pedersen (Pictured below). This early childhood book is written from a mother's point of view with...
Sophia Kouidou-Giles
Mar 31, 2021
The Seepage of Dreams
Guest Post: Emmanuel Aligizakis (Manolis), translation of Billy Wolak's original English poetry into Greek (Pictured below). KISSES I...
Sophia Kouidou-Giles
Mar 4, 2021
Newcomer
Check their expressions. Is it interest or curiosity when you spell your last name? “K-o-u-i-d-o-u.” You are not sure. They ask and you...
Sophia Kouidou-Giles
Feb 6, 2021
The Writer's Journey Through the Seasons
By Sophia Kouidou-Giles First Published in The Writers and Readers Magazine, February 13, 2021 Issue When fields appear fallow, we trust...
Sophia Kouidou-Giles
Jan 29, 2021
Beyond The Third Door
Guest Post by Maria Heckinger Excerpt from her book, Beyond the Third Door Hariklea’s Voice* My Small Window on the Sea A WARM BREEZE...
Sophia Kouidou-Giles
Dec 22, 2020
'...And I screech ToWho, ToWho, but no one listens to me...'
TRANSLATOR’S NOTES: Searching for contact with the mighty, wise creature of the forest, the owl, Karina Ioannidou captures the spirit of...
Sophia Kouidou-Giles
Dec 6, 2020
Carving Out Time to Write
By Sophia Kouidou-Giles For a writer, staying home is not much of a change to the daily routine during the coronavirus pandemic. On most...
Sophia Kouidou-Giles
Nov 30, 2020
An Actor Before A "Closed" Curtain | EΝΑΣ ΗΘΟΠΟΙΟΣ ΜΠΡΟΣΤΑ ΣΤΗΝ ΚΛΕΙΣΤΗ ΑΥΛΑΙΑ
Playwright Karina Ioannidou featured monologue,:An Actor Before A "Closed" Curtain" is translated in English by Christos Iliadis.
Sophia Kouidou-Giles
Nov 9, 2020
Leaving Four Years of Chaos Behind
Relief and sunshine came pouring through on the morning of November 7, 2020, in contrast to the anxiety and distress people felt watching...
Sophia Kouidou-Giles
Oct 31, 2020
A Visit To See Aunt Marika
Two months earlier, Aunt Marika had decided her father wanted to kill her. My sweet grandpa? … How could she think that! I shared my...
Sophia Kouidou-Giles
Oct 28, 2020
Critical Days in the USA
#biden #harris Today’s America is a country occupied by hostile forces that have been bringing down our civil liberties. The protests...
Sophia Kouidou-Giles
Oct 14, 2020
In the Sun and In the Rain
There is excitement in the air. The rainy weather brought back green lawns and Fall colors. More yellows, reds and browns have taken over...
Sophia Kouidou-Giles
Sep 30, 2020
Under the Azure Greek Sky | Κάτω από τον Γαλάζιο Ουρανό της Ελλάδας
It was a sleepy winter day in Thessaloniki, and Mother, who liked to knit, had brought along her green bag with yarn and needles. My...
Sophia Kouidou-Giles
Sep 25, 2020
My Bookmark Story
In this video, Roxas shares the birth pains and joys of building Tahanan Books, the valuable lessons she learned from The Bookmark.
Sophia Kouidou-Giles
Sep 25, 2020
A Mother, a Son and Ikebana
After divorce, a mother connects with her son through her love of ikebana, the art of Japanese flower arrangement.
Sophia Kouidou-Giles
Sep 25, 2020
An Empty Seat in the US Supreme Court
Ruth Bader Ginsburg was a model of strength and persistence, and positive change. What will this next year bring, without RBG?
Sophia Kouidou-Giles
Sep 19, 2020
Travel is a State of Mind | ΚΑΡΙΝΑ ΙΩΑΝΝΙΔΟΥ
This monologue captures the anxieties surrounding us during the coronavirus pandemic. Imagine a man in sunny Greece...
Sophia Kouidou-Giles
Sep 15, 2020
The Alchemy of Words | Η Αλχημεία των Λέξεων
As writers we make magic when we delve into plots, set the stage, draw scenes, choose words, linger in the past or visualize the future...
Sophia Kouidou-Giles
Aug 18, 2020
Are Memoirists Psychological Refugees?
Memoir writers can be an assembly of refugees that keep away from what they want to avoid recalling...
Sophia Kouidou-Giles
Aug 17, 2020
The Impact of Coronavirus on the Most Vulnerable
Several are high risk to contract the virus because of compromised immune systems. This article is to sensitize people to this group.
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