Issue 2 - Marginalities

Owen E. Brady is a Professor of Humanities in the Department of Humanities and Social Science at Clarkson University (Potsdam, New York) where he teaches courses in African American literature, drama, Japanese culture and society, and one on the American Dream. He also serves as the coordinator of Clarkson’s American Studies program. He has a B.A. from Illinois Benedictine College and his M.A. and Ph.D. from the University of Notre Dame. He has also taught at the University of Sierra Leone in West Africa and at Hiroshima University in Japan where he was a Fulbright Fellow. Last spring he was a Fulbright Fellow at Aristotle University in Thessaloniki.

His research focuses on dramatic literature, theatrical performance, and African American literature. His publications include reviews of more than 30 theatrical productions of contemporary as well as classic plays, including those by Shakespeare, Euripides and Sophocles. He has also published journal articles and book chapters on Boleslavsky, Auden, Wilder, Williams, and Rabe.

In the realm of African American literature, he has published two books on Walter Mosley: Finding A Way Home: A Critical Assessment of Walter Mosley’s Fiction (2008) and Conversations with Walter Mosley (2011). In addition, he has published articles on the works of Richard Wright, Amiri Baraka, and Theodore Ward. His current research examines the concept of home and identity in the works of Mosley, Baraka, and August Wilson.

BIG BOY RETURNS HOME

I’m Katerina Chytiri and I’m currently studying in the School of English at Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. Writing for the Echoes magazine has been a great and very inspiring experience. I have always had an inclination towards writing as it gives me the opportunity to express all of my inner thoughts and emotions. In my free time I like to read literature, watch movies, surf the web and hang out with friends.

I am Kristine Diana Tsiknaki and I plan to pursue a career as a writer after university. I see writing as a door to another world, where reality is whatever my imagination decides. I try to devote my time to my stories, poems and photographs and I will follow my dreams wherever they lead me.

My name is Penny Koutsi and I recently graduated from the School of English of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. I live in Thessaloniki and work as a teacher. I enjoy reading books and I consider writing as a way of expressing my thoughts and feelings.

My name is Sofia Politidou. I’ve been experimenting with writing since I was in primary school writing stories and little poems. Writing is a very personal thing for me and I rarely allow others to see what I write but this time I was intrigued by the issue of marginality and I wished to write something so as to argue against it. This created in me the need to address an audience and I took the courage to show everyone what I wrote for the first time.

My name is Maria Gogoglou. I have graduated from the English department of Aristotle University and am currently working as a teacher of English. I really think that people should read more literature, since it can help them understand themselves and the world more deeply. I also believe that literature writing is inextricably linked to literature reading it because it is impossible to imagine one’s own world bearing no connection to the images and words of others.

EXCLUDED, YET CONFINED: IF LANGUAGE IS THE ANSWER, WHAT WAS THE QUESTION?

Linguist in-the-making by day; short-of-the-biggest-part-of-a-novel writer by night. I’ve survived twelve years of school and I’m currently completing my undergraduate degree in the School of English at Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. I own three copies of “Leaves of Grass” and I discovered creative writing through Applied Linguistics. My name is Filio Chasioti. Follow me. No, wait, that’s for Twitter.