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Kirkus Review Just In
Read more: Kirkus Review Just InI am thrilled to say I just received a very favorable review from Kirkus for The Kaleidoscope of Destiny. Thanks again to everyone who helped me along the very long journey to reach this milestone. “This moving account of the Armenian genocide highlights a period of history that’s often overlooked and deserves a place on…
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A Community of Writers
Read more: A Community of WritersI’m honored to be one of the International Armenian Literary Alliance’s 2023 Mentees and thrilled to have the brilliant insights and creative suggestions from my mentor, the talented author and artist Dana Walrath. I hope to give back to aspiring writers in the same way, one day. Proud to be part of this awesome group…
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Stage Fright on the Outer Courts
Read more: Stage Fright on the Outer CourtsWhen I was a teenager, I looked out the backseat car window and hoped we’d get into a crash every time one of the moms was driving us to our tennis matches. Nothing serious. Just enough to dent the car and make us stop and wait for the police. It took only 30 minutes to…
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Missing My Mother
Read more: Missing My MotherMy mother was first diagnosed with cancer at age 48, in 1973. Deep inside, she must have felt the death sentence, always a possibility, for the rest of her life, but she pushed that thought away. In the dark of night or in her hospital bed when she was undergoing surgery and treatments, she must…
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On the Streets of Shanghai
Read more: On the Streets of ShanghaiWithin two hours of landing in Shanghai after flying for over 20 hours from Boston this summer, I was weaving through traffic on a yellow rental bike, following my son along Shanghai’s narrow streets. Moments before, when he had selected the bike from a clump of them on the sidewalk, scanned the bike’s ID with…