June is Aphasia Awareness Month and the month for national observances regarding dementia and Alzheimer’s disease. These aspects of brain function are the unlikely creative focus for poet and educator Brendan Constantine, who is currently developing his fourth book, which will be published by Pasadena’s Red Hen Press.
We chatted with the poet on Sunday, May 5, Greek Orthodox Easter, just a week ahead of Mother’s Day. The son of actor Michael Constantine who memorably played the Windex-wielding patriarch Gus Portokalos in the movie “My Big Fat Greek Wedding,” Brendan stays close to home in West Hollywood whenever possible.