Three thousand mark

 Dear Armenian Poetry Project readers:

Since starting this blog in 2006, three thousand poems have been posted, along with some poetry/book event announcements. 

This free public program has followers from over 100 countries where the lonely and the curious reach out to poetry TM.

Below is a graph of the current number of visitors and comments

We remain the only website providing audio and text RSS feeds of poems written by Armenians, as well as contemporary authors on Armenian subject matters. 

Here are our top ten poems and number of hits:

We continue providing all internet surfers free access to the webpage and audio downloads 24/7/365 via RSS feeds.

We invite you to join our readers in celebrating APP's broad spectrum:

- independent research of the best Armenian poetry we can find  

- gems by authors from the 19th century to the present

- introduction to out of print books, periodicals and digitized archives

- an index by authors and countries

- experimental works by contemporary authors

- introduction of budding authors,

- different languages of expression, mostly Armenian, English or French, with translations provided whenever possible

This project is curated and produced by Lola Koundakjian in New York. To contact APP, send an email to: ArmenianPoetryProject[at]gmail[dot]com.

Wasafiri 120: Armenia(n)s – Elevation

Pre-order your copy of WASAFIRI's 120th issue, which contains over a hundred pages of Armenian poetry, articles, reviews and essays. 

Congratulations to the editors for this year long endeavor.

Contents

Editorial

Light Through Our Ruptures

Tatevik Ayvazyan and Naneh V Hovhannisyan

Lead Feature

Two Armenians Conversing in Two Armenians: Tamar Marie Boyadjian and Hrach Martirosyan

Tamar Marie Boyadjian and Hrach Martirosyan, trans. by Maral Aktokmakyan

Articles

Western Armenian: The Curious Story of a Surviving Language and Its Literature

Maral Aktokmakyan

Soviet-Armenian Gulag Literature: At the Crossroads of Ethics and Aesthetics

Siranush Dvoyan, trans. Shushan Avagyan

Life Writing 

When I Became an Armenian-American Writer

Chris Bohjalian

Dear Shogher: Letters to Myself

Shogher Sargsyan, trans. Margarit Ordukhanyan

His Driving Life

Nancy Kricorian

I Want Nice Things

Lusine Hovhannisyan, trans. Thomas Toghramadjian

Evenings in Diaspora

Slyvia Alajaji

Interviews

The Great Repatriation and its Reverberations: An Interview with Hovhannes Margaryan

Tigran Paskevichyan, trans. by Nanor Kebranian

The Past of the Future: A Conversation with Armen Davoudian

Fatemeh Shams

At an Unknown Location: Hovhannes Jean-Chat Tekgyozyan on Language as Asylum

Anush Kocharyan

Art

Recreating Home in Exile: The Armenian Memory Book as Art, Artefact, and Roadmap

Garine Boghossian, Christopher Kazar Janigian, Masha Keryan, and Khatchig Mouradian

Fiction

cenotaph

Aram Pachyan, trans. Nazareth Seferian

Before You Fall Asleep

Christian Batikian, trans. Jesse S Arlen

Loneliness

Narine Abgaryan, trans. Margarit Ordukhanyan and Zara Torlone

Ararat

Anna Davtyan, trans. Hayk Hambartsum

Poetry

Անժողովուրդ Լեզու/Unpeopled Language

Krikor Beledian, trans. Taline Voskeritchian and Christopher Millis

Aleppo, 1915: Surviving After the Survival; when the wolves come thrashing; Dream Dictionary 

Perla Kantarjian

Five Untitled Poems

Marine Petrossian, trans. Arthur Kayzakian and the author

Letters from a Roman Friend

Vahagn Atabekyan, trans. Susan Barba

Letters 'To The Roman'

Mher Arshakyan, trans. Susan Barba

Poetry/Բանաստեղծութիւն; Words/Բառեր  

Tenny Arlen, trans. Jesse S Arlen

Estranged; Photograph of a Dead Star; Death March; My Father on YouTube; Human Rights Violation Request

Arthur Kayzakian

Resurrection; Time; Love Song/Սիրերգութիւն 

Zahrad, trans. Lola Koundakjian

Review Essay

Delimiting Diaspora

Stateless: The Politics of the Armenian Language in Exile - Talar Chahinian

The Armenian Diaspora and Stateless Power: Collective Identity in the Transnational 20th Century - Talar Chaninian, Sossie Kasbarian, and Tsolin Nalbantian, eds

displaced հատում - Ara Oshagan and Krikor Beledian, trans. Taline Voskeritchian and Christopher Millis

Myrna Douzjian

Reviews 

Early Modernity & Mobility: Port Cities and Printers Across the Armenian Diaspora, 1512 - 1800 - Sebouh David Aslanian

Artyom Tonoyan

No Sign - Peter Balakian

Chris McCabe

History of the Armenians, Volumes I and II - Kirakos Gandzakets'i, trans. Robert Bedrosian.

Nik Matheou

In Everything I See Your Hand - Naira Kuzmich

The Fear of Large and Small Nations - Nancy Agabian

Olivia Katrandjian

From the Depths of the Heart: Annotated Translation of the Prayers of St. Gregory of Narek - Abraham Terian, trans.

Yeghishé Charents: Souls on Fire: Selected Poems (A Bilingual Edition) - Tatul Sonentz, trans., Viken Tufenkjian. ed

Eddie Arnavoudian

A Book, Untitled - Shushan Avagyan, trans. Deanna Cachoian-Schanz

Helen Vassallo

Nine Quarters of Jerusalem: A New Biography of the Old City - Matthew Teller

Sato Moughalian

The Institute for Other Intelligences - Mashinka Firunts Hakopian

We Are All Armenians: Voices from the Diaspora - Aram Mrjoian, ed

Garen Torikian

Armenian Poetry Day / Ասմունքի օր

Poetry for all Ages in English and Armenian

Los Angeles Public Library presents "Armenian Poetry Day," celebrating Armenian heritage, as well as the legacy of Komitas, the revered Armenian composer and ethnomusicologist. The program will feature spoken word and poetry readings from Armenian poets and students from local schools, violin and kamancha performances to bring Armenian music to life, and a traditional Armenian circle dance performance and workshop presented by UCLA's Natalie Kamajian of LERNAZANG.

Sunday, October 13, 2024

2 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.

Central Library

630 W. 5th Street

Los Angeles, CA 90071

Mark Taper Auditorium

2 p.m. - Welcome Address and Opening Remarks from Special Guests

2:15 p.m. - Keynote Speaker Raffi Joe Wartanian presents Short History of Armenian History

2:25 p.m. - Poetry Recitation by Ferrahian School Students

2:40 p.m. - Kamancha Performance by Sona Nalbandian, UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music

2:50 p.m. - Poetry Recitation by Creo Studio Students and Taguhi Vardanian

3:05 p.m. - Violin Performance by Ani Sinanyan, UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music

3:15 p.m. - Poetry Recitation by Hovsepian School Students and Shahe Mankerian

3:30 - 4:30 p.m. - Dance Workshop at the Thornton Courtyard

3:30 p.m. - Poetry Recitation by Glendale Unified Students and Meri Tumanyan

3:45 p.m. - Poetry Recitation by Chamlian School

4 p.m. - Closing Remarks

Please note, the Armenian Dance Workshop will be held simultaneously at the Thornton Courtyard (located outside the Taper Auditorium) from 3:30 - 4:30 p.m.




Լոս Անջելեսի հանրային գրադարանը ներկայացնում է «Ասմունքի օր»՝ նվիրված հայկական մշակույթին, ինչպես նաև հայ մեծարգո երգահան և էթնոերաժշտագետ Կոմիտասի ժառանգությանը։






For ADA accommodations, call (213) 228-7430 at least 72 hours prior to the event.

Banned Books Week is here

 The Armenian Poetry Project supports America Library Association's initiative as  We too can trust individuals to make their own decisions about what they read and believe.

The freedom to read is under attack — let’s do something about it!

Take at least one action today to help defend books from censorship and to stand up for library staff, educators, writers, publishers, booksellers, and readers!

Visit the America Library Association's page for more and information on the top ten books currently challenged.