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SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:CAS Guest Lecture. Writing Waterline: Patterns in Contemporary Armenian Diaspora Narratives
DESCRIPTION:As a young artist beginning to write about my Armenian ethnicity\, Aram Mrjoian became fascinated with the conventions and recommendations editors used to mediate his stories and essays. This became a central question in proposing and editing the anthology *We Are All Armenian: Voices from the Diaspora* and in drafting my debut novel\, *Waterline*. This talk will explore navigating the process of writing about the diasporan Armenian experience in literary fiction and nonfiction today\, and his intentionality in disrupting traditional narrative patterns in the publishing industry.\n   \nAram Mrjoian is the managing editor of *Michigan Quarterly Review* and a 2022 Creative Armenia-AGBU Fellow. He is the author of the novel *Waterline* and the editor of the anthology *We Are All Armenian: Voices from the Diaspora*. His writing has appeared in the *Guardian*\, *Runner’s World*\, *Literary Hub*\, *Catapult*\, *West Branch*\, *Electric Literature*\, *Gulf Coast*\, *Boulevard*\, *Joyland*\, *Longreads*\, and many other publications. He lives in Michigan.\n   \n   Zoom: 913 4101 8434\n   https://umich.zoom.us/j/91341018434\n\nAccommodation: If there is anything we can do to make this event accessible to you\, please contact us. Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange.\n   Email: -- armenianstudies@umich.edu\n\nCo-sponsors:\n   National Association for Armenian Studies and Research (NAASR)
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URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/137790
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CATEGORIES:Armenian Studies,Discussion,International,Lecture
LOCATION:Weiser Hall - 555
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