Melineh Yemenidjian

Melineh Yemenidjian is a writer and storyteller whose work traces the intersections of identity, memory and the Armenian experience across time and place. Author of "The Split Pomegranate" (Daxson Publishing), she is a 2026 Pushcart Prize nominee. Her work moves between personal narrative and collective history, exploring themes of belonging, inheritance and cultural continuity. She has been featured in various literary and community publications.
Literary Corner

“The Blooms That Fall” on beauty and imperfection through nature’s seasons

Recently published, “The Blooms That Fall,” by Angelina Der Arakelian–Dennington, with illustrations by Art Deno, illuminates the complexity of human…

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Reflections

Kavat Café hosts Armenian coffee cup reading ritual

On Saturday, June 13, I had the pleasure of being one of five kooshags, or Armenian coffee cup readers, for…

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Poetry

my people

(after Langston Hughes) prayer-engravers,    shoorch bar dancers,       poets—   dogged inventors of our future,      …

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Local Spotlight

Hahaha LA designs playful, toxin‑free children’s clothing

Gev Balyan, founder of Hahaha LA, brings fashion forward with passion. A native of Armenia, his early days were spent…

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