09/24/2026
The Program in Modern Greek Studies cordially invites you to join us for Memory Rehearsal: Author Eleni Sikelianos in conversation with Grace Talusan and Elizabeth Rush. This event will take place Tuesday, September 29, at 5:30 PM at Pembroke Hall, Room 305.
Celebrated American poet Eleni Sikelianos grew up knowing little of her illustrious ancestors, and it was not until the age of 20, on her first trip to Greece, that she encountered the breadth of their legacy. In Memory Rehearsal, Sikelianos unearths the story of her pioneering ancestor trying to make a place for herself, in a text that shifts between prose, poetry, imaginary performance texts, fiction, and nonfiction, with archival and family photographs.
This is the third book in a trilogy of hybrid memoirs in which Sikelianos reckons with a family shaped by mental illness, homelessness, and addiction. Grappling with knots of personal and broader histories, she performs a powerful act of recovery, re-situating herself by claiming her lineage.
Copies of Memory Rehearsal will be on sale during the reception immediately following the talk. You can find more information on the Modern Greek Studies website and Events@Brown page. We hope to see you there!
