Topic: Book Reviews

Mountains, create a breeze, Find peace for my soul, Take me to my home, Take me home, take me home. – Lyoka Even when the return is to unlivable conditions[...]

Julian is the type of character whom everyone apparently loves — at least he seems to think so. Evidence to the contrary, he appears to be right. A tall, thin[...]

Want to learn how to pitch and write a book review? Join writer and editor Aram Mrjoian to explore the process and ethical considerations of publishing book reviews, as well[...]

By Gayane Barseghyan Special to the Mirror-Spectator The second and expanded edition of the book, Azeri Aggression against Armenians in Transcaucasia, Reports from the U.S. Press (1905-1921) (Yerevan, 2023), by[...]

Imagine that words are no longer a prerequisite to translating, typically understood to be the reworking of a text from one language into another to create an equivalent of the[...]

Subtitled “Armenian-American Culture and Politics in the Twentieth Century,” Benjamin Alexander’s historical study sheds interesting light on events that shaped immigrant life in America for both survivors of the Armenian[...]

One leaves Aida Zilelian’s All the Ways We Lied (Keylight Books, 2024) with the comfort of knowing that the Manoukian sisters, Kohar, Lucine and Azad, each unhappy in her own[...]

As in the best mysteries, Rumor of Evil by Gary Braver (Goshgarian), does not just chase a murderer. Instead, the book presents a mélange of the past and the present,[...]

With his “The best translation of/darkness is a victory flag,” Arthur Kayzakian divests the victory flag of its connotations of glory and joy and makes the book of redacted paintings[...]

To free us from the expectations of others, to give us back to ourselves—there lies the great, singular power of self-respect. Joan Didion Long one of the most thought-provoking Armenian-American[...]