LONDON—Editors Tatevik Ayvazyan and Naneh V Hovhannisyan are pleased to announce the release of the winter 2024 special issue of the Wasafiri magazine for contemporary international writing. This landmark edition, Armenia(n)s: Elevation, is guest co-edited […]
Ararat in America: Armenian American Culture and Politics in the Twentieth Century By Ben Alexander Published by I. B.Tauris in 2023 264 pages It’s surprising how little most Armenian Americans know about their recent past. […]
Language is the heart of who we are as a nation. Armenian language and literature are not merely channels for our history, culture and traditions; they are fundamental pillars of our identity. These elements […]
On a Saturday morning, April 13, 1974 to be exact, a thought came to me to visit my maternal grandparents, Simon and Rebecca Tekirian. I had nothing planned that day, and sometimes an unplanned Saturday […]
We gather around the gash in the earth Called Dudan/Duda/Yudan Dere To commune with the dead Through time and space By measuring depth with the drop of a stone. We release one into the gorge/gouge […]
Looking for your next read, but can’t decide where to start? Here are four new and compelling books written by Armenian authors in a list compiled by the International Armenian Literary Alliance. From a short […]
Rivers of patterns splay on a proud khachkar tall, baked by a glowing apricot sky and looming mountains, crisp like knuckles. All rocks cast a shadow. The mountains throw down a gaze where the daisy-yellow […]
Lerna Kayserian Shirinian has announced the publication of Khntsori Perkahavak/Խնձորի Բերքահաւաք (Apple Harvest), a children’s picture book in Western Armenian, now available for purchase. Khntsori Perkahavak follows the journey of two sisters as they set […]
Lydia’s Journey: An Armenian Refugee’s Story By Katherine Covell 232 pages Published 2023 Lydia’s Journey: An Armenian Refugee’s Story is a beautiful book inspired by an 800-word biography written by author Katherine Covell’s oldest sister. […]
Simply Quince By Barbara Ghazarian 209 Pages Published 2009 Quince (“cer-keh-vil” or սերկևիլ) is a prominent part of Armenian food culture, both in Eastern and Western Armenia. The fruit-bearing quince tree, Cydonia oblonga, originates in […]
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