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What is home to Armenians in literature? Which Armenians, you may ask? How does the idea of homeland manifest in the latest English-language literary anthology of Armenian writing? Where can the multitudes of symbolic, remembered, and actual homelands of Armenians be found? Join us for a thought-provoking conversation exploring these questions with contributors to Wasafiri […]
The International Armenian Literary Alliance's May edition of their Literary Lights 2025 reading series will feature Gregory Djanikian, award-winning author of Nostalgia for the Future: New and Selected Poems, in conversation with writer and New York Review Books editor, Susan Barba. The virtual event will take place on May 10, 2025, at 10:00 AM Pacific | 1:00 […]
During a time of global upheaval, war, genocide, and countless national crises and political injustices, writing can give us a means to express, document, defy, and/or attempt to make sense of the senseless – in other words, to put into words that which has been made silent. In this workshop, we will respond to a […]
The IALA Los Angeles Chapter presents a literary evening of writers in celebration of Aida Zilelian’s debut chapbook release DISSONANCE. The event hosted by the Lusanet Collective, featuring Lory Bedikian, Tina Demirdjian, Arthur Kayzakian, Cyrus Sepahbodi, Gina Srmabekian, Raffi Wartanian and Aida Zilelian, will take place on July 11, 2025, at 6:30 PM Pacific Time, […]
Join the International Armenian Literary Alliance for their fifth annual Emerging Writers Showcase — a reading that highlights the work of rising Armenian writers — hosted by Shahé Mankerian, IALA’s Mentorship Program Director. The event will take place virtually on Sunday, October 26, 2025, at 9:00 AM Pacific | 12:00 PM Eastern | 8:00 PM […]
The final installment of the International Armenian Literary Alliance's Literary Lights 2025 reading series features Tenny Arlen’s posthumous poetry collection To Say with Passion: Why Am I Here? Jesse Arlen, co-translator of the book, will be joined by Susan Barba, Hagop Gulludjian and Arthur Ipek. The virtual event, cosponsored by UCLA’s Narekatsi Chair of Armenian Studies, Promise Armenian Institute, Richard Hovannisian […]
Join the International Armenian Literary Alliance for the launch of Literary Lights 2026 featuring Peter Balakian, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of New York Trilogy, in conversation with writer, critic, editor and translator, Diana Arterian. The virtual event will take place on February 8, 2026, at 10:00 AM Pacific | 1:00 PM Eastern | 10:00 PM Armenia […]
The International Armenian Literary Alliance’s New York City Chapter will be hosting a literary evening celebrating IALA advisory board member Lory Bedikian’s Anahid Literary Prize at Brooklyn’s WORD Bookstore. Bedikian will be joined by fellow prize recipient Aaron Poochigian as well as Ani Tatintsyan, Cathy Salibian, Sarah Leah Whitson, William Archila, Jackie Marashlian, Chris Atamian, Alan […]
Join the International Armenian Literary Alliance for the third installment of Literary Lights 2026, featuring the editor and poetry contributors of the landmark anthology, Remain in Light: Visions of Homeland and Diaspora. Event host and contributor Shahé Mankerian will be joined by editor Gassia Armenian and fellow Los Angeles-based poets, Tina Demirdjian, Arminé Iknadossian, Arthur […]
Join the International Armenian Literary Alliance (IALA) for the third installment of the Sarkisian Workshop Series: Nature, Poetry, and Environmental Collapse with Moheb Soliman. The virtual workshop will take place on May 31, 2026, at 9:00 AM Pacific | 12:00 PM Eastern | 8:00 PM Armenia Time. Poetry has a singular capacity to capture our […]
