Peter Balakian

Peter Balakian is the author of many books, including the Pulitzer Prize-winning collection of poetry, Ozone Journal, and the memoir, Black Dog of Fate. He is the winner of the PEN/Martha Albrand Award and his book of poems, New York Trilogy, has just been published. He teaches at Colgate University.
Commentary

Robert Jay Lifton and the Armenian Genocide

Robert Jay Lifton died on September 3 at the age of 99. He was a towering figure in the field…

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Op-Eds

A letter to Pashinyan

Dear Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan: Having read your remarks as quoted in the Armenian American and diasporan press, I would…

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Opinion

A Broken Connection: The Armenian Financial Community and the Making of Culture

When the Illinois Holocaust Museum asked me in the late summer of 2012 if I would be the advising scholar…

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Opinion

Balakian: Obama’s Approach to Affirming the Genocide Takes Things Further Than Any Other President Has

Peter Baker’s article, “Obama Marks Genocide Without Saying the Word” (New York Times, April 24, 2010), like most of the…

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Opinion

Balakian: Remembering Hrant Dink

The article below is based on a speech delivered by Prof. Peter Balakian during a panel discussion on the legacy…

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