Nancy Kricorian will her book at Glendale Central Library

Glendale — Author/poet Shahe Mankerian will discuss with Nancy Kricorian her new book, “The Burning Heart of the World,” at the Glendale Central Library on April 2, 7 pm. The book is a sweeping saga that takes readers on an epic journey from the mountains of Cilicia to contemporary New York City.

Copies of The Burning Heart of the World are available at Glendale Library, Arts & Culture locations. Additionally, you may pre-purchase The Burning Heart of the World at Abril Bookstore and book sales will also be available for purchase through Abril Bookstore following the discussion.

Nancy Kricorian, who was born and raised in the Armenian community of Watertown, Massachusetts, holds an MFA in Poetry from Columbia University and is the author of four novels about post-genocide Armenian diaspora experience, including Zabelle, which was translated into seven languages, was adapted as a play, and has been continuously in print since 1998. Her poems and essays have appeared in The Los Angeles Review of Books Quarterly, Guernica, Parnassus, Minnesota Review, The Mississippi Review, and other journals. She has taught at Barnard, Columbia, Yale, and New York University, as well as with Teachers & Writers Collaborative in the New York City Public Schools, and has been a mentor with We Are Not Numbers since 2015. She has been the recipient of a New York Foundation for the Arts Fellowship, a Gold Medal from the Writers Union of Armenia, and the Anahid Literary Award, among other honors. She lives in New York City.

Visitors to the Glendale Central Library receive 3-hour FREE parking across Harvard Street at the Marketplace parking structure with validation at the service desk. Accessible parking is available on the east side of the building. For additional information about this event, please contact Central Library at (818)548-2021 or send an email at LibraryInfo@GlendaleCA.gov.