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Sophia Kouidou-Giles

If my mother remained an enigma, the circumstances and routines of my father’s life had always been so physically clear and evident to...

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...

TRANSLATOR’S NOTES: Searching for contact with the mighty, wise creature of the forest, the owl, Karina Ioannidou captures the spirit of...

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...

Ruth Bader Ginsburg was a model of strength and persistence, and positive change. What will this next year bring, without RBG?

This monologue captures the anxieties surrounding us during the coronavirus pandemic. Imagine a man in sunny Greece...

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...

Memoir writers can be an assembly of refugees that keep away from what they want to avoid recalling...

My favorite story was about Kaldi, the goatherder, who noticed how excited his goats became at night after munching on the coffee plant!

A monologue translation of Greek playwright Karina Ioannidou on her grandmother’s escape from the 1922 genocide. (TheBlueNib.com)

On such a day, I find I'm eager to take time making bread over again; it feels nourishing to the soul. (TheBlueNib.com)

Writing memoir involves recalling past events in the now, paying special attention to family; decipher life experiences...

The day Maria Psoma Petridou gave me a copy of her book of personal essays, was the day I fell in love with her writing.

In the course of completing my memoir, ultimately in two languages, ten discoveries came to light.

All cats are graceful, careful, and independent, but none more than Cleopatra.

A panel of writers discussed the craft of shaping time and the unique relationship between narrator and reader.

A panel of teachers and published authors shared and illustrated their perspectives about the concept of voice reading, using mostly memoir.

After 100 days of President Trump’s reign, his stack of executive orders and office appointments is bearing poisonous fruit for America...

I emigrated to the USA in my late teens and settle in a kind, and generous country. I have a stake in keeping it moving forward.

He is one of the lucky ones, fleeing the chaos of his embattled Syria. He is a refugee: a harsh word, filled with humiliation. Does it...