Memoir
Magnificent Vision
The great bass horn of the steamship thundered over the din of the busy port city of Smyrna (lzmir, Turkey). A slight young woman, back straight, eyes tearing, was waving down to her family on […]
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Eric Avedissian’s debut novel honored at 2023 Indie Book Awards
Accursed Son by New Jersey resident Eric Avedissian has been named one of the best indie books of the year by the Independent Book Publishing Professionals Group. Avedissian’s book is a finalist in the suspense […]
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Arthur Kayzakian’s debut poetry collection The Book of Redacted Paintings published
Poet Arthur Kayzakian’s debut collection The Book of Redacted Paintings has been published by Black Lawrence. The book, which is a winner of the 2021 Black Lawrence Immigrant Writing Series award and a finalist for the […]
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Literary Lights to feature Arthur Kayzakian
The International Armenian Literary Alliance (IALA), the National Association for Armenian Studies and Research (NAASR) and the Krikor and Clara Zohrab Information Center are pleased to announce their June 2023 Literary Lights event, featuring Arthur […]
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Meet the author of Audrina’s 1st Tooth Party
Vanda Ayrapetyan is not just an all-around fabulous human, but also a corporate banker who writes children’s books in her spare time. A force to be reckoned with, Ayrapetyan is filled with enthusiasm and zest […]
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IALA to host Queering Form
On June 11, the International Armenian Literary Alliance (IALA) will present author Nancy Agabian, Dr. Rosie Vartyter Aroush and Hye-Phen Collective members Kamee, Sara Abrams and Ali Cat for a reading of recent narrative projects […]
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The Princess of Peace and the Hawk People
“Dedicted to Nairi” There once was a calm and beautiful forest in a land far away. Many peaceful people lived there, along with many animals. The land had many different trees, but also grassy meadows […]
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Nancy Agabian’s novel The Fear of Large and Small Nations published
Nancy Agabian, the author of Princess Freak (2000) and Me as Her Again: True Stories of an Armenian Daughter (2008), returns with PEN/Bellwether Prize for Socially Engaged Fiction finalist, The Fear of Large and Small […]
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Reading Zabel Yessayan as never before in a new edited collection
Author and social advocate Zabel Yessayan (1878 – 1943?) was one of the most outspoken critics of sectarianism and one of the greatest proponents of solidarity across identities and creeds. These significant aspects of her […]
Memoir
The Armenian Genocide is alive today, but so am I
My father told me that my great-grandfather Sipan Sepoyan was a clan leader in Western Armenia. My ancestors had a sense of national authority in the Armenian mountains. Unfortunately, we are currently like fish in […]