Published in 2021, The Sun Isn’t Out Long Enough edited by Tatevik Sargsyan is an anthology about queer experiences across borders and other stories told with no shame.
Tatevik Sargsyan is the founder and editor of Anamot Press. She set up Anamot Press during the April 2020 national lockdown, launching the Poetry Streaming Series which comprised 40+ poets, publishers and writers who shared queer experiences across borders and other stories. The Sun isn’t out Long Enough is the first book published by Anamot Press with funding from Arts Council England. Tatevik is a social change practitioner and a Trustee of the Poetry Translation Centre. She is a Senior Designer at the RSA.
Through poetry and prose, 20 writers explore themes of belonging and loss in relation to migration, language and inhabiting the spaces in between identities, queer historical figures, liminal love and diasporic desires. The title is taken from the opening poem the sun isn’t out long enough by Andriniki Mattis.
From the book description
From the launch event book reading
Anamot means without shame in Armenian: An (without) amot (shame) and this was their first publication.
The anthology features contributions from: Taylor Johnson, Jay G Ying, Xandria Phillips, Noor Hindi, Andriniki Mattis, Jody Chan, Diana Khoi Nguyen, Peter Scalpello, Ximena Keogh Serrano, Courtney Conrad, Leah Cowan, Joshua Escobar, Shayna Gee, Sarah Giragosian, Golnoosh Nour, John McCullough, Alton Melvar M Dapanas, J.P. Der Boghossian, Jee Leong Koh, Sanjana Bijlani.
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ISBN: 978-1-5272-9421-9. Published by Anamot Press.
