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Shahe will also lead a workshop on A pril 16\, 2022 at 4 pm Pacific time on writing filmmable poetry\, which will be open to 20 participants. Patrons must register online here.
\nShahé\; Mankerian&rsquo\;s critically-acclaimed debut coll ection\, History of Forgetfulness\, takes readers to 1975 Beirut\ , where an un-civil war is brewing. Mankerian asks\, &ldquo\;Who said war didn&rsquo\;t love / the children?&rdquo\; setting the tone for a darkly h umorous collection in which memories of love\, religion and childhood are entangled amongst street snipers and the confusion of misguided bombings.& nbsp\;
\nRon Koertge writes\, &ldquo\;Shahé\; Mankerian never leaves a reader un-engaged.&rdquo\; Poet Laureate Emerita Thelma Reyna wri tes\, &ldquo\;A survivor of the Lebanese civil war in the late 20th centur y\, Mankerian unspools in devastating simplicity and directness\, in seemi ngly inconsequential scenes\, the horrors and suffering of children\, pare nts\, neighbors\, schoolmates\, friends\, lovers navigating daily bombardm ents\, scavenging for food\, dodging snipers&rsquo\; bullets\, and trying to find a modicum of normalcy among the ruins.&rdquo\; Isabelle Kenyon\, o f Fly on the Wall Press\, writes\, History of Forgetfulness &ldquo\;has to uched the hearts of readers internationally\, and was fast to become our b est-selling title of all time&hellip\;In documenting trauma\, Shahe has br ought hope and understanding. What more could you ask from poetry? I hope &lsquo\;History of Forgetfulness&rsquo\; will be much-loved for years to c ome.&rdquo\;
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Shahé\; Mankerian is the principal of St. Gregory Hovsepian School and the Director of Mentorship at the International Armenian Litera ry Alliance (IALA). History of Forgetfulness has been a finalist at the Bibby First Book Competition\, the Crab Orchard Poetry Open Competi tion\, the Quercus Review Press Poetry Book Award\, and the White Pine Pre ss Poetry Prize.
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Nancy Kricorian is the author of the novels
Zabelle\, Dreams of Bread and Fire\, and All the Li
ght There Was. Her essays and poems have appeared in The Los Angeles
Review of Books Quarterly\, Guernica\, Parnassus\, Minnesota Review\, The
Mississippi Review and other journals. She has taught at Barnard\, Columbi
a\, Rutgers\, Yale\, and New York University\, as well as in the New York
City Public Schools with Teachers and Writers Collaborative and in Birzeit
for the Palestine Writing Workshop. She is currently working on a novel a
bout Armenians in Beirut during the Lebanese Civil War.
Order History of Forgetfulness directly from F ly on the Wall Press\, or from Abril Books or Amazon. \; \;
\nAbout the International Armenian Literary Alliance
\nThe I nternational Armenian Literary Alliance is a nonprofit organization launch ed in 2021 that supports and celebrates writers by fostering the developme nt and distribution of Armenian literature in the English language. A netw ork of Armenian writers and their champions\, IALA gives Armenian writers a voice in the literary world through creative\, professional\, and schola rly advocacy. \;
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