Category Archives: Languages and readings

In Praise of Bookstores

Posted on September 9, 2017 by Taline Voskeritchian

 ~~This is a re-post from 2013, when Harvard Book Store, Cambridge, MA, was voted best bookstore in Boston in the A-list of Boston.  This morning, by chance, I found out that Harvard Book Store was voted best bookstore for 2017.  … Continue reading →

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The Valise–a family memoir

Posted on May 23, 2017 by Taline Voskeritchian

      ~~”The Valise” was published in the fall 2011 issue of American Literary Review.  Since then, the publication has gone digital, and the essay is not available in print or on the ALR website.   You can read it … Continue reading →

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John Berger…

Posted on January 3, 2017 by Taline Voskeritchian

~~John Berger died today. It is a sad evening for those of us who loved his writing, his presence, his humanity; who loved the weave of art and life that was his way; who loved his mix of curiosity, knowledge, … Continue reading →

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Englishing Krikor Beledian

Posted on December 4, 2016 by Taline Voskeritchian

Krikor Beledian is the preeminent Western Armenian man of letters: literary critic, novelist, poet, Beledian has been writing prolifically since the mid 1960s.  Difficult, complex, even “unreadable” by some, Beledian’s writing resists quick passage– from its native Western Armenian to … Continue reading →

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Aleppo, of memory…

Posted on September 9, 2016 by Taline Voskeritchian

~~I wrote this article in 2005, and could not get it published although several “major” US newspapers showed interest only to withdraw at the last minute.  I can speculate, but that’s an obscene luxury now that Aleppo has been reduced … Continue reading →

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Mahmoud Darwish at 75

Posted on March 13, 2016 by Taline Voskeritchian

~~If Mahmoud Darwish were alive, he would be 74 years old today.  That is the best beginning for a blog about Darwish on the occasion of his day of birth.  As the platitude goes, Darwish lives in his poems, but … Continue reading →

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Varoujan Khedeshian: A Remembrance

Posted on December 28, 2015 by Taline Voskeritchian

~~Varoujan Khedeshian has died. In the 1960s, when I lived in Beirut, Khedeshian burst on the Armenian theater scene like wild fire. His productions were Armenian renditions of contemporary European and American dramatic works–Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf, The Crucible, … Continue reading →

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World Wide Reading for Armenia 2015

Posted on March 23, 2015 by Taline Voskeritchian

~~On April 21, in scores of cities and towns throughout the world, there will be memorial readings commemorating the centenary of the Ottoman genocide of the Armenians.  The readings are sponsored by the World Wide Reading for Armenia 2015 (Berlin) … Continue reading →

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Nuri Bilge Çeylan, again

Posted on May 24, 2014 by Taline Voskeritchian

~~Nuri Bilge Çeylan has won the Palme d’Or at Cannes this year for his film “Winter Sleep.”  Two years ago, I was introduced to and mesmerized by this film-maker’s work when I saw his “Once Upon a Time in Anatolia. … Continue reading →

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Hagop Oshagan: Teacher for the generations

Posted on March 10, 2014 by Taline Voskeritchian

~~This photograph is of the Western Armenian novelist Hagop Oshagan with his students, in Jerusalem. The year is unknown. It is one of the very few pictures of Oshagan with his students although it is said that  with them, Oshagan … Continue reading →

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