Helen of Utah: The truth of fiction in the life and writing of Helen Papanikolas
Relying on personal memories and selections from several of Helen Papanikolas’ books, including Rain in the Valley, winner of the Utah Book Award for fiction, 2005, I hope to provide some insight into the motives and methods of a preeminent Greek American literary figure whose passion was making art that served the truth of history.
The speaker
Nick Smart is Chair of English at The College of New Rochelle in New York State. Receiving his doctorate in English and American Literature from New York University in 1994 and going to work in New Rochelle shortly after that, Dr. Smart usually speaks and writes on classroom uses of classic, multicultural and experimental literature. Expecting to publish and present on the works of Virginia Woolf and Bob Dylan later this year, Dr. Smart is pleased to add his grandmother Helen Papanikolas to the list of enduring geniuses on which his work is focused.
Helen of Utah: The truth of fiction in the life and writing of Helen Papanikolas
