Victoria Atamian Waterman

Victoria Atamian Waterman is a writer born in Rhode Island. Growing up in an immigrant, bilingual, multi-generational home with survivors of the Armenian Genocide has shaped the storyteller she has become. She is an active volunteer of Soorp Asdvadzadzin Armenian Apostolic Church in Whitinsville, MA and chair of the Armenian Heritage Monument in Whitinsville, MA. She is the author of "Who She Left Behind."
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From ghapama to ghosts: An Armenian take on spooky season

October in the United States has a strange feel. Streets are lined with pumpkins carved into jack-o’-lanterns, scarecrows are placed…

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Literary Corner

Book review | A Week in Berlin

A Week in Berlin By Angelina Der Arakelian-Dennington Published in September 2025 274 pages What if you could go back…

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The gift every child deserves

September always carries a special kind of energy. After the slower pace of summer, life suddenly quickens. Backpacks are filled…

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Literary Corner

Book Review | Uncharted Canvas: A Journey through Beirut, Brussels, and Beyond

Uncharted Canvas: A Journey through Beirut, Brussels, and Beyond By Rouben and Elize Simonian Published in May 2025 389 pages…

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Letter to my younger self: Summer edition

Dear Younger Me, You did not know it then, but every summer you rolled your eyes at your mom and…

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Touchdowns, triumphs and a tribute to fathers

Unless the Boston Red Sox were in the playoffs or the World Series, we weren’t much of a sports family…

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Book Review | Love and Paklava

Love and Paklava By Alyssa Jarrett To be published June 17, 2025 When a romantic comedy starts with a reader…

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Tradition, change and Armenian motherhood

Being an Armenian mother, daughter and grandmother in America means living at a crossroads. We’re clinging to old traditions and…

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Literary Corner

Book Review | Loving Father, Bitter Son

Loving Father, Bitter Son By Asbed Pogarian Published in March 2025 338 pages I picked up Loving Father, Bitter Son…

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How Armenian-American Heritage Month was proclaimed in Massachusetts

On April 1, 2025, Massachusetts Governor Maura T. Healey officially proclaimed April as Armenian-American Heritage Month, urging all residents of…

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