This coming Monday, Dec. 10th at 7pm in Norfolk, I'm hosting a reading for press freedom as part of the International Literature Festival Berlin's call for worldwide readings on the 70th Anniversary of the Declaration of Human Rights. Please come hear the powerful words of Robert Arthur, Amanda Gomez, Luisa Igloria, Mary Jean Kledzik, Al Markowitz, Kindra McDonald, Renée Olander, and Michael Pearson. Sponsored by the Muse Writers' Center. For more information visit https://www.facebook.com/events/1800092066784179.
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.