Locksteps
hyenas with clenched fists raised against patriarchy against state proudly raised hyenas that sneak around easily in a country that…
Armenian Eyes
I was always curious about why people smell the way they do but the thing about my mother’s smell was…
15 August 2025 | Astghik Baghinyan
duality / two worlds collide
a queer superstar persona encounters a boy with a plastic AK-47 in a sunny february yerevan park they – in…
21 June 2025 | Hovsep Markarian
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American Boys
The first thing Darius told me was a lie.
“Got an A. You?”
“Same,” I replied, keeping my paper face down.
We were each other’s first friend, I’d like to think. Despite being inches shorter than I was, he stood with confidence, as if he hadn’t landed two months prior. Dark tight curls covered his head, eyes brown with a tint of redwood if you looked close enough, and eyebrows thick above them. I envied his long eyelashes, even as a child. It didn’t take long until I found out he envied me, too.
16 June 2025 | René Zadoorian
Transcendence
«Ո՞ւր ես» Where are you? Wandering in yellowed maps along lines swooping and curving to touchtime-buried footsteps paths of storied ancestors…
06 June 2025 | Aline Keledjian
They Left Their Home Behind and The Rug
“They Left Their Home Behind, Number 4 20”x20” Mixed media 2024 Photo credit: Mary Asatryan This work is part of…
23 May 2025 | Dalar Alahverdi