Topic: Books
NEW YORK — The Literary Lights program will host an in-person event featuring Aram Mrjoian, editor of the anthology We Are All Armenian. He will be joined by the contributors to the volume Chris Bohjalian, Nancy Kricorian, Scout[...]
By Prof. Tessa Hofmann Special to the Mirror-Spectator Writing about genocide is one of the greatest literary challenges, especially when it involves one’s own or family experience. Most often, the crime closes the mouths of the[...]
BELMONT, Mass. — The National Association for Armenian Studies and Research (NAASR) will host an online program marking the publication of the first English translation of Soghomon Tehlirian’s memoir, Remembrances: The Assassination of[...]
WIESBADEN, Germany — The tug-of-war continues over Azerbaijan’s blockade of the Lachin Corridor, in the wake of demands by the International Court of Justice that it be lifted and the deployment of a European Union mission to the area.[...]
RYDE, Australia — The Pruning Fork is a new book by Arthur Hagopian, former journalist and foreign correspondent (AP, Reuters, The Canberra Times etc.) in which he visualizes the end of hostilities between Israelis and Palestinians[...]
YEREVAN / LOS ANGELES — Victoria Harwood Butler-Sloss is an Anglo-Armenian writer and actress. She was born in Devon, England in 1961 to an English father and Armenian mother. When she was 2, her family moved to Nicosia, Cyprus; then[...]
The world of Armenian literature is all the richer for the compilation of renowned poet Vahe-Vahian’s private letters, published posthumously in 2012, under the title The Heart of the Poet. The 441 letters assembled in the hefty volume[...]
FRESNO — Author Dr. Jerry Burger will speak about his book The Shadows of 1915 on Friday, February 17, at 7 pm., in the University Business Center, Alice Peters Auditorium, on the Fresno State campus. The event is part of the Armenian[...]
FRESNO — Internationally-renowned photographer Hrair “Hawk” Khatcherian will speak on his new book, Artsakh: The Photographer’s Eye! at on Friday, February 3, at 7 p.m., in the University Business Center, Alice Peters Auditorium,[...]
Anti-heroine: 1-female protagonist not confined by the expectations put upon her. 2-someone who makes “unconventional life choices.” NEW YORK — Aida Zilelian’s characters often lull the reader into a false sense of security or[...]