Literature

Announcements

Five years with the International Armenian Literary Alliance: Fundraiser and anniversary celebration

The International Armenian Literary Alliance is turning 5! IALA has grown a diverse global community of Armenian writers, translators and…

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Announcements

IALA’s New York City Chapter to celebrate Anahid Literary Prize recipient Lory Bedikian

The International Armenian Literary Alliance’s New York City Chapter will be hosting a literary evening celebrating IALA advisory board member…

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Literary Corner

Author Rebecca Rose Mooradian honors her great-grandmother’s survival in ‘Rose by the Sea’

Sharing stories of the Armenian Genocide has usually meant recounting horrific experiences, but Rebecca Rose Mooradian, whose great-grandparents survived the…

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Announcements

Applications for IALA’s 2026 mentorship program are now open

The International Armenian Literary Alliance’s sixth annual mentorship program will run from July 1 through Aug. 31, 2026, with mentorships…

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Announcements

Starred reviews celebrate ‘Rose by the Sea,’ a picture book of survival and hope

Based on the true story of the author’s great-grandmother, this “affectingly gentle” picture book about surviving the Armenian Genocide sparkles…

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Literary Corner

IALA, Mizna and AAWW present the Sarkisian Workshop Series: Can storytelling save us?

The International Armenian Literary Alliance (IALA), Mizna and the Asian American Writers’ Workshop (AAWW) present the Sarkisian Workshop Series 2026:…

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Commentary

Why fiction became safer than truth in Armenian literature

Recently, on my grandfather’s 98th birthday, I asked him to tell me again about his parents’ escape during the Armenian…

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Literary Corner

Taleen Voskuni puts Armenian diasporic life at the heart of modern romance

“I’ve been writing my whole life, but I didn’t really try to write a novel until 2016,” says Taleen Voskuni,…

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Poetry

Poetic courage: Melineh Yemenidjian writes herself whole

Melineh and I are lifelong friends, bound early on by a shared and abiding love for literature. Some of my…

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Literary Corner

Literary Lights 2026 kicks off with Pulitzer Prize winner Peter Balakian

The International Armenian Literary Alliance (IALA), the National Association for Armenian Studies and Research and the Krikor and Clara Zohrab…

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