Cummings Foundation Grant Recipient

Current Year — Peter Balakian

WITNESSING the ARMENIAN MASSACRES ~ The Story of a Physician, a Poet, an a Book of Poems: Dr. Diran Balakian, Siamanto, and Bloody News from My Friend ~ Thursday, April 27, 2023 ~ In-Person/On Zoom/YouTube

WITNESSING the ARMENIAN MASSACRES ~ The Story of a Physician, a Poet, an a Book of Poems: Dr. Diran Balakian, Siamanto, and Bloody News from My Friend ~ Thursday, April 27, 2023 ~ In-Person/On Zoom/YouTube

Peter Balakian will discuss the book of poems Bloody News from My Friend by Siamanto (1878-1915). Dr. Diran Balakian, Peter Balakian’s grandfather, at the time of the 1909 Adana massacres was working as a physician tending to the wounded and was also an eyewitness to the atrocities.

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PETER BALAKIAN/KATHLEEN OSSIP: Launch of "No Sign" ~ Wednesday, March 23, 2022 ~ On Zoom/YouTube

PETER BALAKIAN/KATHLEEN OSSIP: Launch of "No Sign" ~ Wednesday, March 23, 2022 ~ On Zoom/YouTube

In this new poetry collection, Peter Balakian wrestles with national and global cultural and political realities, including challenges for the human species amid planetary transmutation and the impact of mass violence on the self and culture.

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