This Friday, May 4th, the writers of Queens Writers' Lab share new work at Queens Council on the Arts. Come on out. We promise it'll be spring.
Reinventing Armenia: Poetry after the Genocide The years from 1915 to 1921 were the turning point in modern Armenian history, characterized by displacement and emigration. This brief selection of poems by iconic poets Nigoghos Sarafian, Paruyr Sevak, and Zahrad, along with an interview with the Armenian Poetry Project’s Director Lola Koundakjian, offers a sampling of the richness of post-genocide writing in this Year of the Armenian Book.