Armenia’s Love to Shakespeare by Zabelle Boyajian
2016-04-22
April 23, 1916, marked 300 years since William Shakespeare’s death, inspiring one Armenian’s own poetic tribute.Continue Reading
Love Song by Sayat Nova
2016-02-18
The personal life of one of Armenia’s most legendary poets of love may have held more mystery than romance.Continue Reading
Liberty by Michael Ghazarian Nalbandian
2016-02-03
The dream of Armenia’s liberation was vehemently suppressed in Imperial Russia, but poet Michael Ghazarian Nalbandian found freedom in words.Continue Reading
The Marrow of Longing by Celeste Snowber
2015-07-23
longing resides in the marrow / an ache for a land I do not know / terrain inside the cavities of my chest / asking to be made familiarContinue Reading
Dancing Mania by Aksel Bakunts
2015-05-08
Aksel Bakunts, the precocious writer, persecuted by Stalin, writes about the beliefs around that common disease of his era: tuberculosis.Continue Reading
Why We Should All Read to Remember
2015-04-23
With the 100th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide among us, let us embrace the Armenian voices that the Ottoman Empire tried to silence a century ago.Continue Reading
“Saved From What?”: A Short Story
2015-04-01
While Clov drinks beer and washes his truck in a safe haven, Syrian refugees in Lebanon talk war and reminisce of springtime in their former country.Continue Reading
These Walls Talk: The Art of Yerevan’s Streets
2015-03-12
Street art in Yerevan is a burgeoning movement. Let’s watch it develop.Continue Reading
Valentine’s Day for the Lit Lover: Three Romantic Poems by Armenians
2015-02-14
In honor of Valentine’s Day, we’ve compiled a list of our all-time favorite romantic poems by Armenian writers. Continue Reading
Book Review: There Was and There Was Not
2014-12-26
Meline Toumani tries, but not hard enough, in her book about Armenian identity and the effects of genocide.Continue Reading
Love and Talking With God: The Art of MarHak
2014-11-27
Artist Martiros “MarHak” Hakopian shares two sets of paintings that are close to his heart: “Love” and “Talking With God.” Continue Reading
Gorky And His Muse
2014-10-27
The avant-garde painter Arshile Gorky had an obsession other than art. He called her Mougouch. This is a story of their tumultuous love. Continue Reading
Five Must-Read Novels by Armenian-American Authors
2014-10-21
Due to a rich repository of stories, composing a list of five must-read books written by Armenian-American authors is a tough task. We attempted it anyway. Continue Reading
This Pianist Ain’t Got No Wrong Notes
2014-08-05
Armen Nalbandian, a Los Angeles-based jazz pianist, on his voice, and his inspiration, and his new album, Time Waits.Continue Reading
Zabel Yessayan: Portrait of the Writer as a Young Woman
2014-04-14
Zabel Yessayan is among the most famous authors of Armenian literature. It was as a young woman in Constantinople that she began to master her craft.Continue Reading
A Beam Surrounded by Darkness: Kira (Sculpture)
2014-04-09
A showcase of the sculpture capturing the magnificence of the human form by Armenian-American artist Kira. Continue Reading
Armenia by Khorene Nar Bey Lusignan
2014-04-03
Were I offered the love of a maid lily-fair, / I would choose thee alone for my joy and my care, / My one love, my Armenia!Continue Reading
Let Us Die Armenians by Khorene Nar Bey Lusignan
2014-04-01
Fate is your enemy? Be not dismayed. / But show Armenian hearts, to brave her hate. / Fate cannot vanquish an heroic land / That battles against fate.Continue Reading
Grand Parents by Hovhannes Mkhitaryan
2014-03-27
I decide to listen for once, / and discover a world richer than mine, / an unseen film with a longer running time / than mine.Continue Reading
Demolition Made by Hovhannes Mkhitaryan
2014-03-25
How frantic ants seem / To towering men above / Made of the same parts / Yet able to loveContinue Reading
At Evening by Bedros Touryan
2014-03-20
“Let me too grow pale, if but once only,
When your ardent glance is cast on me!”Continue Reading
Palm of Granite: The Art of Raffi Semerdjian (Paint)
2014-03-19
Paintings of talented artist and founder of Palm of Granite, Raffi Semerdjian.Continue Reading
My Death by Bedros Touryan
2014-03-18
“And when my sorrows with my soul exhale,
Know yet, my friends, that I am living still.”Continue Reading
liar. by Patrick Bairamian
2014-03-13
I’ve devoured so many women, I don’t even know who I am any more.Continue Reading
Made For… by Patrick Bairamian
2014-03-11
…to know the limitations of
what constitutes bloodshed and wisdom
where the barrel ends on my arm
projects its deliverance unto my anti…Continue Reading
Lovers, Lust, and Arched Eyebrows
2014-03-10
Tales of lovers and lust. A journey through ancient and contemporary romance in Armenian literature.Continue Reading
