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On the eve of April 24, the Armenian National Day of Mourning

Posted on April 23, 2014 by Taline Voskeritchian

~~Perhaps no other American writer of Armenian descent has written with as much sensitivity and awe on the subject of the Catastrophe as Michael Arlen Jr, derivatively in “Exiles” and more deliberately in “Passage to Ararat.” One of the great … Continue reading →

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April 24, Armenian National Day of Mourning

Posted on April 24, 2013 by Taline Voskeritchian

I thought, How strange to finally meet one’s past: to simply meet it, the way one might finally acknowledge a person who had been in one’s company a long while. So, it’s you! I was standing by myself beneath the … Continue reading →

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April 24: Armenian National Day of Mourning

Posted on April 23, 2012 by Taline Voskeritchian

Նիկողոս Սարաֆեան։ Անձկութիւն Կարօտը չէր ետիս ձգած քաղաքիս Ու սէրը չէր ծովին, հովին. վախը չէր Անծանօթին, որ կը ճզմէր իմ հոգիս, Ափի մը դէմ երբ կանգ կ՛առնէր նաւը մեր։ Այլ երթալու մեծ սարսուռին պակասն էր Որ կ՛ընէր զիս յանկարծ թշուառ, … Continue reading →

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April 24: Armenian National Day of Mourning

Posted on April 24, 2011 by Taline Voskeritchian

Michael J. Arlen, Passage to Ararat: A picture began to from of yet other fathers and other sons.  I thought of all the Armenian fathers who had been drafted into the Turkish Army in that year of 1914: men who … Continue reading →

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