PERLA KANTARJIAN

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  • You Must Become Field [Preorder]
  • Services
  • Selected Works
  • Contact

selected poems

 

⟢ “Artsakh” in Wasafiri

⟢ “liz tells me OnlyFans pays in USD” Runner up in Arts University Bournemouth International Poetry Prize

⟢ “jagadakir, as in fate” in The Rumpus

⟢ “I cut this hairself” in Black Warrior Review (selected Verse Daily poem of the day)

⟢ “water does not clear away all blood” in Magma

⟢ “in the land of keepsakes i moor” in Rowayat
⟢ “how do you say f*** you in your language?” in The Poetry Society
⟢ “i will write you in the shape of birds” in Pigeon Pages

selected essays & articles

 

⟢ “The Secret to Being Smart is in the Za’atar” in Electric Literature
⟢ “Transcendentalism in Contemporary Literature” in Inquiries Journal 
⟢ “11 Whitman-Inspired Positive Self-Affirmations” in Bookstr
⟢ “Running for my life…but where to?” in The Armenian Weekly
⟢ “The Poet Mustn’t Be a Lone Wolf – Malika Booker on the Power of Poetry and Poetic Community” for UEA Live
⟢ “Downtown Beirut now feels different” in Annahar (Op-ed) 

press & media

⟢ “Lebanese Writer’s Poem Selected For The Lunar Codex Time Capsule” in The961
⟢ “Armenian artist’s poem heading to space” in The Armenian Report
⟢ “Lebanese creativity is soaring to space” on MTV Lebanon, Sarelwa2et (Arabic)
⟢ “My achievement is a message of hope to Lebanese youth” in Nida Al Watan (Arabic)
⟢ “6,500 artworks will be sent to the Moon” on 1Lurer, National Public Television of Armenia (Armenian)
⟢ “Thread of Hope… Art and Cultural Diplomacy at the U.S. Embassy” in Beirut Culture (Arabic)
⟢ “Lebanese-Armenian Perla Kantarjian’s poem will reach the Moon” in Arevelk (Armenian)
⟢ “A poem by an Armenian writer will be sent to the Moon in a time capsule” in Armenian Museum (Russian)