The Revolutionary Preacher

by Aris Sevag | February 7th, 2012 | 1 comments

This is the seventh installment of Bedros A. Keljik’s Armenian-American Sketches, which were translated and annotated by Aris G. Sevag. “No Good Comes From Having Children in This Country,” along with a short biography of [...]

In Memoriam: Dr. Nishan Parlakian (1925-2011)

by Aris Sevag | September 15th, 2011 | 7 comments

We deeply mourn the loss of Dr. Nishan Parlakian, a longtime member of Ararat’s editorial board, who passed away on September 12, 2011 in Long Beach, NY. He was 86 years old. Parlakian was born [...]

Haro, the Rug Porter from Moush, and “Little Morgan,” the Moneylender Garbis

by Aris Sevag | July 6th, 2011 | 4 comments

This is the sixth installment of Bedros A. Keljik’s Armenian-American Sketches, which were translated and annotated by Aris G. Sevag. “No Good Comes From Having Children in This Country,” along with a short biography of [...]

Learn Armenian with the Aid of a Computer

by Aris Sevag | June 27th, 2011 | 4 comments

Editor’s note: The following is a translation of an article original published by H. Asatrian of the Orer Armenian publication in Prague. We’ve prepared a translated version for Ararat readers to better familiarize them with [...]

What 2010 Gave to Armenian Literature

by Aris Sevag | April 5th, 2011 | 2 comments

The following is a translation we made of a text that originally appeared in the Asbarez daily (January 6, 2011, p. 11) by Karen Antashian, a writer and founder of the “Granish”(Letter) literary club, . We have [...]

“Please Gimme a Cigarette”

by Aris Sevag | December 30th, 2010 | 2 comments

This is the fifth installment of Bedros A. Keljik’s Armenian-American Sketches, which were translated and annotated by Aris G. Sevag. “No Good Comes From Having Children in This Country,” along with a short biography of [...]

Sev Oyno, Arutents Dono, and the Bowery Residents

by Aris Sevag | December 6th, 2010 | 4 comments

This is the fourth installment of Bedros A. Keljik’s Armenian-American Sketches, which were translated and annotated by Aris G. Sevag. “No Good Comes From Having Children in This Country,” along with a short biography of [...]