The Time of Our Life Episode 4: Aris Janigian Reads "The Armenian and The Armenian"

Emil Lazarian 2020
Valley Public Radio
 
 
 
By David Aus & Mark Arax
 
Author Aris Janigian reads William Saroyan on this episode of The Time of Our Life
Courtesy Aris Janigian
 
This week on The Time of Our Life, Fresno writer Aris Janigian reads William Saroyan's Five Ripe Pears and The Armenian and The Armenian.  With host Mark Arax, Aris discusses Saroyan’s influence on his own work. The author of five novels, Aris Janigian is a writer, academic, and a wine grape packer and shipper. His latest novel is Waiting for Sophia at Shutters on the Beach.
Listen to the program at https://www.kvpr.org/post/time-our-life-episode-4-aris-janigian-reads-armenian-and-armenian
May 1, 2020 
The Time of Our Life Episode 1: Mark Arax reads "The Summer of the Beautiful White Horse"

This week on the debut episode of the special series "The Time of Our Life", Mark Arax reads William Saroyan's The Summer of the Beautiful White Horse, originally published in 1940 as part of My Name Is Aram, a collection of short stories by Saroyan. Arax also shares recollections of his interactions with Saroyan, who was a family friend.
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Emil Lazarian

“I should like to see any power of the world destroy this race, this small tribe of unimportant people, whose wars have all been fought and lost, whose structures have crumbled, literature is unread, music is unheard, and prayers are no more answered. Go ahead, destroy Armenia . See if you can do it. Send them into the desert without bread or water. Burn their homes and churches. Then see if they will not laugh, sing and pray again. For when two of them meet anywhere in the world, see if they will not create a New Armenia.” - WS