Soul-Searching Thoughts By Rev. Dr. Vahan H. Tootikian Armenian Heritage Committee, 2020 Reviewed by Zaven Khanjian, Executive Director/CEO, Armenian Missionary Association of America Soul-Searching Thoughts/Nérashkharhis Brismaken is the 44th volume authored by Rev. Dr. Vahan H. Tootikian […]
The Fool By Raffi First published in 1880 Sophene Pty Ltd, 2020 354 pp. $18.00 paperback I’m outside a hidden gem of a café, warming up with an “Armenian blend tea,” my face half-frozen, nose […]
Sacha By Alexis Pazoumian André Frère Éditions, 2020 115 pp. Hardcover $55 It’s rare to find a book that truly startles you, takes you out of the here and now, and transports you to a […]
The Story of B. Artin Haig, FDR’s Photographer By Michael Boyajian Jera Studios Publishing, 2020 164 pp. Paperback $9.95 Retired attorney and former human rights judge of New York, Boyajian captivates readers with his maverick […]
The Prince of Wentworth Street By John Christie Plaidswede Publishing, 2020 177 pp. Armenians have been testifying and writing family histories almost since the 1915 Armenian Genocide. Zabel Yessayan famously spent long days and nights […]
Consider the following two books by author David Kherdian: Homage to Adana is a deep dive into the essence of the immigrant experience, told through a series of lyrical poems. Right Now, on the other […]
A Place Called Gyumri: Life in the Armenian Mountains By Knarik O. Meneshian Hairenik Press, 2020 276 pp. $35 Knarik Meneshian’s A Place Called Gyumri: Life in the Armenian Mountains is an absolutely fabulous account […]
La Fanfare du Négus By Boris Adjemian EHESS, 2013 350 pp. $28.17 paperback This book, in French, is an interesting analysis—in the field of diaspora studies—of the Armenian community of Ethiopia in the nineteenth and […]
Waiting for Sophia at Shutters on the Beach By Aris Janigian Regent Press Printers & Publishers, 2019 200 pp. $15.95 paperback Whether it’s Bloodvine (2003)—Aris Janigian’s first novel of immigrants trying to make it in […]
Dark Pasts: Changing the State’s Story in Turkey and Japan By Jennifer M. Dixon Cornell University Press, 2018 276 pp. $55.00 hardcover They say never to judge a book by its cover. But if you […]
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