Vol. XLIV No. 182 Spring 2005
The Spring 2005 issue presents an exclusive interview with Eric Bogosian and an excerpt from his new novel. Peter Sourian looks at violence and transfiguration through film. A new series on Armenian identity debuts with Ben Alexander examining Armenian-American youth of the 1930s. Rachel Goshgarian's letters explore Armenia as as a diasporan visitor, and Mireille Kalfayan explores the importance to Armenians of lavash bread. Two short stories with young female protagonists, by Vonnie Madigan and Nancy Agabian, are set in American towns. Books reviewed are about war hero Monte Melkonian, Armenian-American drama, and a Texan diplomat in Abdulhamid's Constantinople during the 1890s massacres. Poems from Gregory Djanikian's new book join poetry from Diana Der-Hovanessian and Krikor Der Hohannesian. Paul Sagsoorian reveals what it was like to grow up Armenian-American in the 1920s. An interview with Simon Abkarian, lead actor in the film Yes, and a review of the folksongs in the CD Zulal round out this issue.
