A reading in New York City, November 19, 2015

Lola Koundakjian reading in October in New York City

2 Horatio reading 

Wednesday, October 21, 2015

6:00 - 8:00 pm 

Jefferson Market Branch of the New York Public Library

Willa Cather Room 

http://www.nypl.org/locations/jefferson-market

425 Sixth Avenue (between 9th & 10th Streets)

New York, NY, 10011

Joan Cappello

Sheila Rabinowitch

Bonnie Jean Emanuel

Cami Zinzi

Kate Lutzner

Catherine Wald

Miriam Starc

Scott Hightower

J. Gerard Chalmers

Sherry Stuart-Berman

Joanna Brown

Maja Lukic

Linda Hillman Chayes

Lola Koundakjian

Diane Schenker

David Zoffoli

Rebecca Rogan

Sarah Jewell

David Groff

Heather Sellers

Lindsay Gacad

Elaine Sexton

Coriel Gaffney

Lynn Patmalnee

2 Horatio will be printed in a limited edition of 100 copies, available for sale for $5

U.S. edition of Advice to a Poet to be released soon

The long-awaited U.S. edition of Advice to a Poet by Lola Koundakjian is set to be released next fall. The trilingual edition contains a prose poem written by Ms. Koundakjian, translated into English by her mother Aida, and to Spanish by Óscar Limache. The book contains illustrations by Yelena Bryksenkova.

The book was initially published during the fall of 2014 by Amotape Libros in Lima, Peru.

The U.S. edition will be available in major bookstores in the United States and a book launch will be organized in the greater New York City area in the near future. 

Commemorating the Centenary of the Armenian Genocide, 1915-2015

Tuesday May 26, 2015 7:00pm 

Commemorating the Centenary of the Armenian Genocide, 1915-2015

Armenian-American writers commemorate the lives of Armenian writers who were deported, killed or survived the Armenian Genocide by reading a selection of their work.

With Lola Koundakjian, Alan Semerdjian, Aaron Poochigian, Sweta Srivastava Vikram, Aida Zilelian, Alina Gregorian, Arto Vaun, George Wallace, and Arthur Nersesian.

St. Mark's Bookshop

136 East 3rd St (at Ave A)

New York, NY 10009

(212) 260-7853

stmarksbooks@gmail.com

MTA: F to 2nd Ave, M14A to 3rd St.

Interview on CilvilNet

Interview with Maria Titizian for Civilnet.

Published on Feb 11, 2015

Poet Lola Koundakjian’s poems have been published, translated and read in many different countries. She recently took part in the 30th International Poetry Festival in Quebec. Lola spoke to CivilNet about the centenary of the Armenian Genocide, about the fate of writers, poets and intellectuals in 1915 and the work she continues to pursue through poetry.