Armine Iknadossian
Born in Beirut, Lebanon, Arminé Iknadossian immigrated to the United States in 1978 to escape the civil war. She is the author of All That Wasted Fruit (Main Street Rag Press). She earned an MFA from Antioch University where she was awarded a fellowship from Summer Poetry in Idyllwild. After teaching English for 20 years, Iknadossian wrote United States of Love & Other Poems (2015). During her tenure as a teacher, The Los Angeles Writing Project awarded Iknadossian a fellowship for their summer residency. Iknadossian currently lives close to the sea with Henry the Cat. Find out more at armineiknadossian.com
Read “Dream for Dido” and a Self-Interview
Armine Iknadossian | The Nervous Breakdown. Dream for Dido I am not a phoenix forged from fire, nor a shape shifter. Taking life from cigarette ash, I weigh next to nothing. Like Dido who flung herself into the pyre, I mean well, but flip the switch and I am in this story, my own little […]
MoreAudio of “Pennies from Heaven” as read at the Bowery Poetry Club
Gartal and the Armenian Poetry Project are proud to release this audio clip recorded live at the Bowery Poetry Club in New York City on April 2, 2010. Click to hear Armine Iknadossian’s reading of her poem Pennies from Heaven. There is no time for apologies, not time for diapers, not bloated deadbeats like pennies shining pretty in […]
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