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SPEAK GREEK SAVVIDIS!
It is often the case that when businessmen of Greek descent who reside outside of Greece reach a certain level of success, they determine that it becomes appropriate for them to concern themselves with...
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ΜΕΡΙΚΑ ΛΟΓΙΑ ΓΙΑ ΤΗΝ ΧΘΟΝΙΑ ΓΛΩΣΣΑ ΤΟΥ ΚΩΝΣΤΑΝΤΙΝΟΥ ΚΑΛΥΜΝΙΟΥ
Η νέα συλλογή του Κωνσταντίνου Καλυμνιού Μητρίδεςθα πρέπει να επιγράφεται Λόγια Πελασγικάαφού αρθρώνεται γύρω από λόγια ασύλληπτα και αδιανόητα που εντοπίζουν το βαθύ χρόνο της εντοπιότητας στην...
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TWITTER TWITS
"But the meanest thing that he ever did Was before he left, he went and named me "Sue". Well, he must o' thought that is quite a joke And it got a lot of laughs from a' lots of folk, It seems I had to...
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MATRIARCHY IN DEAN KALIMNIOU'S MITRIDES
"Mitrides," or Motherlands is the latest and perhaps most complex of Dean Kalimniou's collections of poetry. Like all his work, the Mitrides are polyvalent, ambiguous and often-self contradictory. As a...
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ΤΟ ΜΗΤΡΙΚΟ ΣΤΟΙΧΕΙΟ ΣΤΙΣ ΜΗΤΡΙΔΕΣ ΤΟΥ ΚΩΝΣΤΑΝΤΙΝΟΥ ΚΑΛΥΜΝΙΟΥ
Οι «Μητρίδες» είναι η πιο πρόσφατη και ίσως η πιο πολύσημη ποιητική συλλογή του Κωνσταντίνου Καλυμνιού. Όπως όλα τα έργα του, οι «Μητρίδες» είναι πολύπτυχες, διφορούμενες και συχνά, αντιφατικές. Ως...
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REFLECTIONS ON PRESCENCE: A STUDY IN MOVEMENTS
Although Antonio Vivaldi’s “Le quattro stagioni” is supposed to be a collection of concerti, each of which gives a musical expression to a season of the year, what it is in fact, is a thinly disguised...
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LION OF JUDAH: A CHAT WITH PRINCE ERMIAS SAHLE-SELASSIE HAILE-SELASSIE OF...
In the minds of most Australians, Ethiopia is the land of famine, drought and war. For Greek-Australians, the country evokes more complex connotations, given historical ties between Ethiopia and Greece...
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FLYING NORTH FOR WINTER
It is June in Melbourne and the sky is grey. During this month, Greek Melbournians dispense with their usual greeting customs. There is no «Γεια σας,» or «τι κάνετε;» to be heard among them when they...
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THE WIDOWS AND THE DEAR DEPARTED
Rarely is a book offered to the community that is so deceptively simple in style, so disarmingly charming in its imagery and yet so infinitely subversive. Yet Ekaterini Balouka’s ῾Οι Χήρες και οι...
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INJUSTICE FOR CYPRUS
Slowly they wind their way up upper Bourke Street. It is a cold, wintry day and the street, especially this far up from the Bourke Street Mall, is deserted. Still, they shuffle, shouting to the closed...
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NOT QUITE READY FOR SCHOOL
“It’s quite simple,” the kindergarten teacher commented nonchalantly. “Your daughter should repeat kindergarten. She isn’t quite ready for school.”“Really. On what basis do you make that assessment?”...
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ETERNAL SUBVERSIVES
“So, if there was a war between Greece and Australia, who would you fight for?” my freckled classmate asked.“No one,” I responded.“Come on, you would have to fight for someone. Who would you fight...
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SPLASH!
“What are you doing with that hose?” I asked. “It has just rained. There is no need to water anything.”I should have known then that something was wrong. By way of response, my wife turned to look at...
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TRAMSPOTTING
My most favoured pastime, during the years I took the tram into university, was playing ‘Spot the Greek.’ This was a game of my own invention, whose sole aim was to identify which of my fellow...
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BREAKING THE SEAL
Recent debate over whether Parliament should legislate to ensure mandatory reporting for crimes such as child abuse revealed to priests during confession has centered around the two main Christian...
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GREEKS CONTRA GREEKS
“When we arrived here, the Greeks who had come here before the war thought that we were the scum of the earth. They laughed at our accents and considered our way of acting and doing things backward. My...
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WRITING GREEKS ON OLD SHOES
“Next time you decide to come to my island, I will cut your legs off…” “I wouldn’t spit on her if she was on fire! Σκύλα!» … «H μαλάκω…» These are some of the comments unloaded upon social media by...
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YOUR MONEY OR YOUR LIFE
As the old woman with the careworn face shuffled painfully the room, I immediately recalled her, seven years earlier, striding into my office confidently. “I want to transfer my properties to my...
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SIDNEY NOLAN: THE GREEK SERIES
As a child, Sidney Nolan’s Ned Kelly often gave me nightmares. In my feverish hallucinations, the stark, black, absolute Ned Kelly of his canvas, would loom over my bed, against a background of...
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ΖΑΧΑΡΟΠΛΑΣΤΕΙΟΝ
Saturday night at a Greek καφεζαχαροπλαστείον. I generally do not haunt such establishments because I have been born without a sweet tooth and for some perverse reason, prefer to make my own coffee....
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