Stephanie talks about her novella, My Xanthi, her essay in Breaking Bread, and the values that drive her writing.

Author and journalist Maria Karamitsos lists My Xanthi among the 10.

Across cultural heritage, certain kinds of courage endure. One of them is at the core of Jodi M. Savage's collection.

Joining UK host Yvonne Battle-Felton, Stephanie reads from My Xanthi.

Host Sherrilynne Starkie delves into her signature creative project -- a podcast dedicated to learning how women over 50 see the world. She expertly engages with Stephanie's multiethnic legacy.

Stephanie's family story and novella find roots from Maine to L.A.

The host speaks with Stephanie about her journey from the arts to law school to writing My Xanthi -- and how Joni Mitchell kept her company.

Stephanie pushes against conventional understandings of literacy to explore how she ended up being a writer. 

Writing as activism: this feminist podcast's hosts speak with Stephanie about her book, My Xanthi, the impact of words and stories, and the strength and power of older women.  

A resilient Greek nanny changes the course of her young charge’s life. In ‘My Xanthi,’ a now-adult Nick reads his nanny’s old letters and comes face to face with the brutality of her life in wartime Greece.

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In this episode of a wide-ranging and thoughtful podcast series, Stephanie discusses the Greek heritage behind My Xanthi, the music behind language, the books she's reading now, The Writers Hotel conference, the inaugural Storyknife retreat for women writers in Alaska, and more.

Mark Wagstaff’s new novel, On the Level, crashes the Jason Bourne films into Catcher in the Rye. Non-stop intrigue drives a coming-of-age story in which protagonist Riz Montgomery is both an unforgettably troubled, smart, and passionate fifteen-year-old and a seasoned, mysterious older woman narrating from a distant place scented by tequila and motorcycle fuel.

On this venerable authors' podcast, Stephanie Cotsirilos discusses a theme central to her novella, My Xanthi - a literary thriller that examines the resilience of the human heart in adversity.

In this episode, we talk with Esteemed Actress, Lawyer and Novelist Stephanie Cotsirilos about a wide range of topics about a life well lived. She is a novelist and lawyer who draws on a first career on and off Broadway. Originally from a multiracial family with strong memories of immigration her first language was Greek.

Stephanie Cotsirilos writes about humor, injustice, and resilience. Tapping a multiracial family and her prior careers on Broadway and as a lawyer, she’s author of the novella My Xanthi, short stories, and essays.

Stephanie Cotsirilos’ debut novella, “My Xanthi,” celebrates a Greek immigrant woman whose grim wartime secrets teach a criminal defense lawyer about love’s triumph over injustice. Deploying the humor and ambition driving first-generation American families after WWII, the narrative tracks a deeply personal story that echoes global displacements—whether through historic wars, exploitation and colonialism, or at borders and refugee camps today.  

Book-launch: reading and discussion of Cotsirilos’ My Xanthi  with Sue Roche, Esq., Executive Director of the Immigrant Legal Advocacy Project (ILAP). Event co-sponsored by Maine Writers and Publishers Alliance.