The William Saroyan Family Anthology
The Saroyan-Minasian family is full of remarkable writers. The William Saroyan Family Anthology collects more than 70 pieces written by five generations of the family. Included are pieces reprinted from iconic magazines like The Armenian Review, Ararat, Harvest and Family Circle. This anthology includes previously unpublished work by William Saroyan, as well as poetry by his father Armenak Saroyan, published for the first time, in both English and the original Armenian.
Armenak Saroyan (1874 – 1911)
Poems: My Pen
All Alone
Aram Saroyan (1892 – 1986)
Untold Events of My Life
William Saroyan (1908 – 1981)
Mock Trials, Mystic Games, Cookery, and Nicknames:
A Short Story
My Mind
Almass
A Tribute to His Uncle
Art Manoogian (1908 – 2001)
The Cow and Me
Country Sketches
Archie Minasian (1913 – 1985)
Poems: The Empty Street
Aware of Autumn
Leave the Dead
Life Begins at Thirty-Five
Rule 449
Beyond the Gage
The Inner Joys
The Awakening
Farewell to Willie
Remembering Willie
Unto Myself
January Sea
The Uncertain Plunge
Professor Persone and the Music Lovers
Kirk Minasian (1914-1995)
The Woodsman
Taya Mama's Roast
Laura Claus Michaelian (1922 – 2013)
Lars and Amanda
Memories of My Father
Kathryn Manoogian (1933 – 2006)
Everyone's Gotta Die Sometime
Bread
The Perfect Match
Sweet Red Onions
Aram Saroyan
For Tom Clark
Thirteen
Homage to Archie Minasian
Charles J. Janigian
Poems: Bread
Where
Poem
In Night's Light
What is Wrong?
Journey Around the Camel Hairs
Lucy Saroyan (1946 – 2003)
Small Talk What Parents Don't
Listen to Their Teenagers
Old Posey
Hank Saroyan (1947—2022)
Introduction to Saroyan - His Heart in the Highlands
Bruce Janigian
From Persona Non Grata (Writing as Avery Mann)
Chapter 1
Chapter 23
Roxanne Hyden
Andy's Mess
Adam Bagdasarian
The Armenian Religion
The Smoker
William Michaelian
A Lesson to Remember
Poems: My Grandfather. 1985
My Grandmother. 1974
Michelle Marie Janigian
Poems: The Future
The Death of Love
I Ching in Autumn
Gold's Nostalgia
Wind Blows Fierce
Haiku: Spring
Morning Light
Nocturne
Sunset
Fall
Mountain Hike
Elevation
Rivershore
Ancient Tomes
Turquoise Sea
High Country
Winter Sleep
Gongshi
Twilight Walk
I Want Smores
Monarch Rhapsody
Memories of Santa Fe
The Riddle of Old Port
In Dreams, We Are Together
My Teardrops are Blue
Moogie Sleeps
Evening Chorus
Song of Spring
Strawberry Saroyan
Strawberry Is
Nicole Simonian
Easter Poem
Alexander Simonian
Powers of Blue
Ashley Simonian
Spoken When She Heard her Uncle Peter was in Heaven
