Wasafiri Issue 120 ~ Armenia(n)s: Elevation (Winter 2024)

Edited by Tatevik Ayvazyan and Naneh V. Hovhannisyan From poetry and fiction to newly released book reviews, art, and interviews – cover to cover – our 2024 winter special issue, Wasafiri 120: Armenia(n)s – Elevation, guest co-edited by Tatevik Ayvazyan and Naneh V Hovhannisyan, shines a light on modern Armenian identities and experiences. Alongside personal stories of love, loss, and memory, the volume speaks to current global issues – displacement, fragmentation, and conflict — all with eloquence, and all, ultimately, for elevation. This is your jukebox issue of contemporary Armenian writing, with varied content for varied tastes. Editorial Light Through Our Ruptures Lead Feature Two Armenians Conversing in Two Armenians: Tamar Marie Boyadjian and Hrach Martirosyan Articles Soviet-Armenian Gulag Literature: At the Crossroads of Ethics and Aesthetics; Western Armenian: The Curious Story of a Surviving Language and Its Literature Interviews Armen Davoudian; Hovhannes Margaryan; Hovhannes Jean-Chat Tekgyozyan Art Recreating Home in Exile: The Armenian Memory Book as Art, Artefact, and Roadmap Fiction Narine Abgaryan, trans. Margarit Ordukhanyan & Zara M. Torlone, Christian Batikian, trans. Jesse Siragan Arlen, Anna Davtyan, trans. Hayk Hambartsum, Aram Pachyan, trans. Nazareth Seferian Poetry Tenny Arlen, trans. Jesse Siragan Arlen, Mher Arshakyan, trans. Susan Barba, Vahagn Atabekyan, trans. Susan Barba, Krikor Beledian, trans. Taline Voskeritchian & Christopher Millis, Perla Kantarjian, Arthur Kayzakian, Marine Petrossian, trans. Arthur Kayzakian, Zahrad, trans. Lola Koundakjian Life Writing Sylvia Angelique Alajaji, Chris Bohjalian, Lusine Hovhannisyan, trans. Thomas Toghramadjian, Nancy Kricorian, Shogher Sargsyan, trans. Margarit Ordukhanyan Review Essay Delimiting Diaspora Reviews Souls on Fire, Yeghishé Charents; From the Depths of the Heart, St. Gregory of Narek; No Sign, Peter Balakian; The Institute for Other Intelligences, Mashinka Firuntz Hakopian; In Everything I See Your Hand, Naira Kuzmich ... and much more.   167 pages Wasafiri International Contemporary Writing (2024)