Event Videos — IALA
Literary Lights 2025: Featuring Patricia Ononiwu Kaishian ~ Saturday, June 28, 2025

Our June edition of Literary Lights 2025 reading series features Patricia Ononiwu Kaishian, professor, curator and author of Forest Euphoria: The Abounding Queerness of Nature, in conversation with award-winning writer Nancy Kricorian.
Literary Lights 2025: Featuring Gregory Djanikian ~ Saturday, May 10, 2025

With Nostalgia for the Future: New and Selected Poems, 1984-2023, award-winning poet Gregory Djanikian returns to the literary scene with a collection that spans and celebrates his prolific career.
Nancy Kricorian in Conversation with Nanore Barsoumian ~ Tuesday, April 15, 2025

Nanore Barsoumian and Nancy Kricorian will be discussing Kricorian’s new novel The Burning Heart of the World.
Literary Lights 2025: A Panel Discussion with Wasafiri Armenian Issue Editors and Contributors ~ Saturday, March 22, 2025

Join us for a thought-provoking conversation exploring these questions with contributors to Wasafiri Magazine’s special issue, Armenia(n)s – Elevation.
Literary Lights 2025 Launch: Featuring Wasafiri Armenian Issue Editors and Contributors ~ Saturday, February 15, 2025

Highlighting the launch of our reading series, Literary Lights 2025, featuring Wasafiri Magazine’s special “Armenia(n)s – Elevation” issue editors and contributors.