Memory Rehearsal: Eleni Sikelianos

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Date & Time

Thu, May 21 5:00 PM - 6:30 PM

Address (map)

1130 State St Santa Barbara, CA, United States, California 93101

Venue (website)

S.B. Museum of Art

One of Publishers Weekly’s Most Anticipated Books for 2026

To mark the closing of Elliott Hundley’s By Achilles’ Tomb, celebrated author Eleni Sikelianos will read from her latest book, a genre-busting encounter between a poet and her ancestral past documenting a startling intersection of queer history, ancient theater, utopian visions, and modern poetry.

About the Author 

Born in Santa Barbara to a family of tree workers, bohemians, poets, ne’er-do-wells, activists, and visionaries, Eleni Sikelianos is a poet, writer, collaborator, and “master of mixing genres.” Among many honors, she has been awarded two National Endowment for the Arts fellowships, a Fulbright Artists fellowship, and a New York Foundation for the Arts Award in nonfiction. She grew up mostly in Isla Vista, California, and now lives in Providence, Rhode Island, where she teaches at Brown University.

Co-sponsored by the Argyropoulos Chair in Hellenic Studies, UCSB

Book signing to follow.

$10 SBMA Members / $15 Non-Members

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