Tolstoy’s American Stepsister: Orthodox Women’s Lit in America

by Katherine Kelaidis

Nothing dooms literature like dishonesty. Thus, unsurprisingly, it is above all the ability to speak honestly that distinguishes between quality writing and the vast majority of what is produced by contemporary Orthodox Christian women in America. So you might say that what I want to consider here is the kind of courage it takes to tell the truth.

Katherine Kelaidis

A research associate at the Institute of Orthodox Christian studies, Cambridge, and a member of the Editorial Board of The Wheel. A former resident scholar at the National Hellenic Museum in Chicago. She is a professional historian, trained at the University of California at Berkeley and the University of London.

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