Queensbound rides again this Sunday, Feb. 3rd at QED in Astoria! Please join KC Trommer, Rosebud Ben-Oni, Malcolm Chang, Reese Francis, Jared Harel, Safia Jama, Meera Nair, and me as we read poetry celebrating Queens along with music from Tyler Burba & Adam DeGraff, hosts of the reading series Kith & Kin.
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.