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Literary Lights featuring Taleen Voskuni

On February 7, 2023, the International Armenian Literary Alliance launched the Literary Lights series. The first event featured Taleen Voskuni, author of Sorry, Bro. Voskuni was in conversation with J.P. Der Boghossian,…

Queering Form: A Virtual Reading

Watch the video of this even below! On June 11, 2023, the International Armenian Literary Alliance presented this event featuring: Nancy Agabian, the author of the recently published novel The Fear of…

Artush and Zaur by Ali Akbar

Published in 2009, Artush and Zaur by Ali Akbar (alias of Alakbar Aliyev) is a novel about the relationship between Artush Saroyan and Zaur Jalilov, an Armenian and Azeri respectively. Akbar is…

Queer Armenian Literature: A Reading

In honor of LGBTQ Pride Month, the International Armenian Literary Alliance, with Hye-Phen Magazine and the Queer Armenian Library, hosted the first gloabl reading of Queer Armenian writers. Watch the video below!…

First Light at Dawn by Nyri A. Bakkalian

Published in 2017, First Light at Dawn by Nyri A. Bakkalian is a short story about a trans woman fighter pilot who is navigating both her transition and PTSD. It is notable…

Fleeting City by Hovhannes Tekgyozyan

Published in 2017, Fleeting City by Hovhannes Tekgyozyan is a novel that is part of a new generation of writers in Armenia writing about queer characters and themes. Tekgyozyan graduated from the…

Queering Yerevan

Published in 2008 and continuing through 2020, Queering Yerevan is a website featuring the work of "a collective of artists, writers, cultural critics and activists queering and using Yerevan as an experimental…

Superheroes Die in the Summer by Christian Batikian

Published in 2018, Superheroes Die in the Summer is a novel by Christian Batikian. Batikian is a translator, author, and editor. His work includes Ariutse, Vhuke yev Handerdzarane, Super Herosnere Ke Mernin…

Anamot Press

Anamot Press was set up in March 2020. Through the Poetry Streaming project, over 40 invited poets, publishers and writers shared queer experiences across borders and other stories on migration, ancestral grief, displacement, love and loss.

Maybe the Moon by Armistead Maupin

Published in 1992, Maybe the Moon by Armistead Maupin features a gay Armenian-American character, Jeff Kassabian. Maupin’s inspiration for the character was George Stambolian. Stambolian was an American educator, writer, and editor of Armenian descent.