Topic: Books
Chris Bohjalian’s latest novel, The Amateur, takes place during the late 1980s in the upscale suburb of Tallmadge — a fictional town based, one assumes, on places like Rye or[...]
BELMONT, Mass. — The Mardigian Library of the National Association for Armenian Studies and Research (NAASR) was enriched in 2025 by the donation of 11 titles from the series “Armenians[...]
Volumes One and Two (Hayastan Publishing House, Yerevan, Armenia, 2023, 2026) of the projected four or five, of Siran Seza’s Letters uncover a tormented soul, which perhaps should have remained[...]
International bestselling author Mark Mustian is earning widespread recognition for his latest novel, Boy With Wings, published by Köehler Books. Since its release, the book has received numerous prestigious awards[...]
NEW YORK — In May, Nauset Press released the debut novel First Rule of Fire by author Rebecca Gopoian. The book is an intergenerational story told in three narratives, spanning[...]
Athens-Asini Publications recently announced the publication of Christine Philliou’s and Elias Kolovos’s Naming Non-Muslims: A Guide to Reading Greek, Armenian and Jewish Male Names in Ottoman Sources. This important book[...]
LONDON/NEW YORK — Bloomsbury Press in June released the new book by Stefan Ihrig, Germans and Turks: A Forgotten History of Europe. German–Turkish relations form an essential backdrop to many[...]
“Build fortresses, not churches,” urges Raffi (Hagop Melik Hagopian) as he deplores the oppressive conditions of Armenians living under Ottoman rule in Turkey in the 19th century. “If instead of[...]
BOSTON — The performance of Hayg Boyadjian’s recently finished Symphony No. 3 took place this spring as part of a high-profile orchestral evening celebrating Armenian musical heritage in Yerevan. The[...]
The image of “the steadfast mountain, unmoved by the sound and fury of an individual destiny,” a reference to the celebrated Beat writer Jack Kerouac and his novel Desolation Angels,[...]