Tuesday, May 31, 2016

Melissa King: An interview with sisters

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The younger’s fidgeting embarrassed the older, the “good Armenian daughter” in her UCLA sweatshirt, modest ponytail and disguised eyes....
Monday, May 30, 2016

Melissa King: Akhtamar Effect

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Copper, warm, and silent on the wall, Akhtamar stares east and I write my academic body,  thinking of her desperate desire for the other ...
Sunday, May 29, 2016

Անդրանիկ Ծառուկեան։ Ուխտ Արարատին

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Պիտի հասնինք, սրբազան լեռ, կատարիդ, Երբ ջրհեղեղը ռումբերուն գտնէ վերջ, Ու արիւնի ծովերն հագնին ծիածան... Երբ մորթուած խաղաղութեան աղաւ...
Friday, May 27, 2016

James Najarian: Kleptomania

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Start simply. Thieve small. And stay on the ball. Take nothing that matters—      lost screws, ticket stubs, French fries from platters. Now...
Thursday, May 26, 2016

James Najarian: The Dark Ages

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I For years, my mother shuttled from her garden to the stove, from barn to sewing room to sons, her life like an unopened work of his...

James Najarian Wins 6th Annual Frost Farm Prize for Poetry

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Reprinted from the Armenian Weekly DERRY, N.H.—The Trustees of the Robert Frost Farm in Derry, N.H., and the Hyla Brook Poets announced th...
Thursday, May 19, 2016

Խոսրով Ասոյեան։ Բագին

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Վանի կողերը կ՛այրին, ատրուշաններ խողազուրկ յոգնած, կ՛որոնեն կանչը կոչնակներուն. կռունկներ կտուցներով կարմրաթաթախ կարկամ կ՛ողբա...
Sunday, May 15, 2016

ԹԱՄԱՐ ՏՕՆԱՊԵՏԵԱՆ-ԳՈՒԶՈՒԵԱՆ։ Վայրկեան

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Դուռը կը բացուի Ու դուրս կը ցայտէ հոտը. Տարիներու ընդերքէն եկող, կեանք մը ամբողջ իր շալակին` Կը զարնէ ու կը տապալէ զիս ակնթարթի մէջ, Կարծես ...
Tuesday, May 10, 2016

One Hundred Plus Words

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Three Armenian writers -- Alec Ekmekji, Alina Gharabegian and Shahé Mankerian --  have been composing in a small writing group together...
Monday, May 09, 2016

National Translation Month

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The Armenian Poetry Project is a proud supporter of NTM, an organization established in 2012 which has a growing following and many trans...
Friday, May 06, 2016

Dana Walrath: Sosi

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Day 19, Gerger Mountain Sosi Opening the seams each day for the food sewn inside by Mama brings us close to her. The imagined...
Thursday, May 05, 2016

Michael Minassian: Conversation in Connecticut

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On this crisp fall afternoon,  Jack swings the axe  in one smooth motion, splitting the logs one after another; gazing out past the...
Wednesday, May 04, 2016

Shahé Mankerian: Where the Trees Have No Name

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No one dared to climb the skeletal tree  in the dead end alley. Its trunk without  branches surrendered to bu...
Tuesday, May 03, 2016

Shahé Mankerian: Somerset

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When Father read Maugham at the balcony,  he didn't see the sheep blocking the traffic. He was deaf to ...
Sunday, May 01, 2016

Tenth anniversary of the Armenian Poetry Project

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The 10th anniversary of the  Armenian Poetry Project  is a GRAND FIESTA celebration, just prior to the announcement of winners of t he sixth...

Kosrof Chantikian: Fiesole

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1.    Morning The yellow roses are hanging from the century’s old iron gratings and wood beams where dozens of birds – sittin...