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Nancy Kricorian

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Novelist. Essayist. Poet. Latest novel THE BURNING HEART OF THE WORLD bookshop.org/p/books/the-burning-he…

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ArabLit & ArabLit Quarterly @arablit.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Mahmoud Darwish: ‘The End of Things’ There are events around the world this September 25-27 celebrating the poetry of Mahmoud Darwish, after the Arab World Institute and Centre Pompidou declared September 25 to be "Mahmoud Darwish… arablit.org/2026/09/27/mahmoud-darw…
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Mahmoud Darwish: ‘The End of Things’
There are events around the world this September 25-27 celebrating the poetry of Mahmoud Darwish, after the Arab World Institute and Centre Pompidou declared September 25 to be "Mahmoud Darwish Poetry Day."
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 22/09/2026
DoorDash has ripped off more than 260,000 NYC delivery workers. We’re making them pay $131.5 million — the largest worker settlement in City history. This is New York, where hard work pays and greed will cost you.
DoorDash messed up.
They repeatedly left more than 260,000 NYC delivery workers underpaid or paid late, causing them immense stress and financial difficulty.
That's unacceptable.
We've secured a $131.5M settlement from
DoorDash - the largest worker settlement in NYC history and largest delivery worker settlement in
American municipal history.
Every worker will be paid what they are owed, and every company will be forced to abide by the laws of this city.

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The OFFICE of the MAYOR of NYC
NYC Consumer and Worker Protection Mayor Mamdani and Deliveristas representatives stand behind a podium.Mayor Mamdani signs a giant check.Three delivery workers holding a giant fake check for $131.5M.
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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 21/09/2026
Photos: Gaza’s children return to class in tents and ruins aje.news/4welr2
Palestinian students attend their first day of the new school year inside a tent classroom at a school in Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip. [Ramadan Abed/Reuters]Displaced Palestinian student Samar Abu Salmi, 15, reads a list of names displayed in a school in Khan Younis. [Ramadan Abed/Reuters]Tents for displaced Palestinians cover the yard of a school-turned-shelter in Khan Younis. [Ramadan Abed/Reuters]Palestinian children sit in their classroom on the first day of the new academic year at a United Nations-run school in Nuseirat, the central Gaza Strip. [Jehad Alshrafi/AP Photo]
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Nancy Kricorian @nancykric.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Greetings from Reykjavik
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 08/09/2026
For years, New Yorkers have demanded access to City records about the lasting health impacts of the horrific September 11th attacks. For years, they have been denied and ignored. That ends today. nyc.gov/sept11docs
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September 11 Docs
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Truthout @truthout.org · 02/09/2026
Mamdani unveiled a plan to ban AI use in classrooms through eighth grade and limit student screen time, a proposal officials describe as the nation’s most sweeping school AI moratorium.
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Mamdani Unveils AI Moratorium for Schools Through 8th Grade, Screen Time Limits
Officials say the moratorium is the most sweeping of its kind.
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In These Times @inthesetimes.com · 01/09/2026
Palantir executives donated more money to Democrats than Republicans: about $880,000 to 67 Democratic members of Congress and $420,000 to 48 Republicans. Find out who took money from companies fueling ICE’s mass deportation agenda.
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ICE-Cold Cash: Members of Congress Took More than $1.7 Million from ICE Contractors
Find out if your representatives have taken cash from Palantir, the private prison industry and other companies fueling ICE’s mass deportation efforts.
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James Schamus @jamesschamus.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Enough! 170+ Jewish creatives and thinkers say enough to the smear campaign against our beloved colleague Mark Ruffalo. lithub.com/enough-an-op...
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Enough! An Open Letter from Jewish Creatives and Thinkers in Defense of Mark Ruffalo
A group of Jewish artists, writers, creative professionals, faith leaders and thinkers—including Emma Seligman, Gabor Maté, Hannah Einbinder, Ilana Glazer, James Schamus, Larry Charles, Joel Coen, …
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Nancy Kricorian @nancykric.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Some of my favorite mushrooms 🍄‍🟫 of August
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Nancy Kricorian @nancykric.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
The audiobook of THE BURNING HEART OF THE WORLD is currently 60% off. The sale lasts until 3 September 2026. www.audiobooks.com/promotions/p...
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60% OFF The Burning Heart of the World
AUTHOR OF THE BESTSELLER, ZABELLE • AUTHOR OF THE NEW YORK TIMES REVIEWED, ALL THE LIGHT THERE WAS • In vivid, poetic prose, Nancy Kricorian&amp...
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Nancy Kricorian @nancykric.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
In conversation with Chris Bohjalian at The Armenian Museum in Watertown youtu.be/j-SFdvDsfI8
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A conversation w/authors Chris Bohjalian & Nancy Kricorian (Launch event for "The Amateur" novel)
YouTube video by Armenian Museum of America
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Nancy Kricorian @nancykric.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
More beautiful mushrooms: Indigo Milkcap, Yellow Fly Agaric, Frost’s Bolete, Purple-Gilled Laccaria
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Nancy Kricorian @nancykric.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Beautiful mushrooms with the delicious ones on a tea towel in the final photo
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meave (frown) @meave.nyc · 08/08/2026
ever since i read @nancykric.bsky.social’s burning heart of the world AND her pre-publication writing about her research for the novel i’ve had bourj hammoud on the brain
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Nancy Kricorian @nancykric.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Friday Reads: Lili Taylor’s book about birds and birding
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International Armenian Literary Alliance @armenianliterary.org · 05/08/2026
If you're in Massachusetts, stop by the Armenian Museum of America, where New York Times best-selling author @chrisbohjalian.bsky.social will discuss his novel, The Amateur, with IALA advisory board member @nancykric.bsky.social! 📚 The event takes place on August 11. Learn more: bit.ly/4xkAo3M
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Celebrating The Amateur: Chris Bohjalian in Conversation with Nancy Kricorian — Armenian Museum of America
We pleased to announce we are hosting an evening of conversation with acclaimed novelist Chris Bohjalian and author Nancy Kricorian in celebration of the launch of Bohjalian's latest novel, The…
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Nancy Kricorian @nancykric.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Harriet Clark’s THE HILL is a brilliant, humane, and mesmerizing novel. It should win all the prizes this year. You should read it now.
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Nancy Kricorian @nancykric.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
New author newsletter about Palestinian students, with book recommendations, and a report on shenanigans at PEN America open.substack.com/pub/nancykri...
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Summer Trips, Books, and Controversies
An Early August Report
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PEN America United 🌹 @penamericaunited.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
Today, PEN America United released the following statement - PEN America United Stands in Solidarity with Dinaw Mengestu's Resignation, Reaffirms NOLSW Resolution on Palestine (1/2)
All slides are bold white text on a black and red background with the PEN America United speech bubble logo up top.
The post reads: “PEN America United released the following statement: PEN America United Stands in Solidarity with Dinaw Mengestu's Resignation, Reaffirms NOLSW Resolution on Palestine”
1/8On July 9, 2026, the President of PEN America’s Board of Trustees, Dinaw Mengestu, resigned from his role following the publication of a piece which centers the voices of some Israeli and Jewish authors who have experienced censorship, decrease in book deals, or sales in the past several years–primarily with a focus on how “calls to boycott Israeli cultural institutions have had an impact across the international literary and creative communities.”
2/8PEN America United (PAU), the Union of PEN America’s workers who are represented by NOLSW/UAW Local 2320, notes that despite several members working in communications and in relevant programmatic areas, members had no input into the research, drafting, editorial process, or publication of the piece. Upon publication, the Union raised the likely impact on members’ working conditions, relationships with external partners, as well as the question of the piece’s alignment and consistency with the organization’s mission and principles, which were dismissed by senior leadership. 
3/8PAU released the following statement: 
“Dinaw Mengestu has not only been an incredible leader through many eras of this organization over the last decade, but, during his seven-month tenure as Board President, he remained deeply attuned to the needs of our members, who have too often borne the brunt of organizational controversy.”
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The IMEU @theimeu.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Israeli politicians led a mob of over 3,200 right-wing Israelis in invading the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in Jerusalem, one of Islam’s holiest sites. Israel’s leaders want to take over the mosque compound and kick Palestinians out of their capital city of Jerusalem for good.
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Israeli ministers lead mass Al-Aqsa Mosque raid
Thousands enter the Islamic holy site, raising Israeli flags, praying and erecting a tent during one of the largest incursions in recent years
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 23/07/2026
If you have a second home in New York City worth more than $5M, check your mailbox when you're back in the five boroughs — because you've got mail.
Today, we sent notification letters to property owners, letting them know that our new pied-à-terre tax is coming soon.
The best city in the world deserves the best parks, libraries, and schools in the world. That's only possible when we all pay our fair share.
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Kneecap @kneecapceol.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
Lamine Yamal flies the flag of Palestine.
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Nancy Kricorian @nancykric.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Dinaw Mengestu on why he resigned as President of PEN America lithub.com/why-pen-amer... via @literaryhub.bsky.social
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Why PEN America Will Not Defend You Against Anti-BDS Legislation
On July 6, two days before the publication of its report on the cultural boycott of Israel, PEN America made a subtle but important change to its position on boycotts. The organization had develope…
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Nancy Kricorian @nancykric.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
Please purchase a copy of Nadera’s beautiful zine. You will love her writing and the illustrations. You will also be helping to support her and her family in Gaza www.coastallinespress.com/p/where-shou...
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Nancy Kricorian @nancykric.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
1. Shaggy Scarlet Cup (Microstoma Floccosum); 2. Peanut Butter Cup (Galiella Rufa); 3. Bitter Bolete (Tylopilus Felleus) #mushrooms #fungi
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The New Arab @thenewarab.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
A UN human rights body on Monday has called on Israeli authorities for the immediate release of Gaza paediatrician and Kamal Adwan Hospital director Dr Hussam Abu Safiya, and branded his detention arbitrary.
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Nancy Kricorian @nancykric.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
Hairy Scarlet Cup (Microstoma floccosum) on our trail
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Nancy Kricorian @nancykric.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
American Yellow Fly Agaric Amanita muscaria guessowii
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
KNOXVILLE: “The University of Tennessee System Board of Trustees approved a settlement with ex assistant professor Tamar Shirinian, agreeing to pay $1.9 million (after firing her for a Charlie Kirk comment) .” www.knoxnews.com/story/news/e...
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Stephen Zunes @szunes.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
The building targeted by U.S.-backed Israeli forces was a well-known eco-tourist bed & breakfast on the Lebanese coast run by Mona Khalil and her partner Habiba Fayed which funded their sea turtle research and conservation project. Mona was killed in the bombing. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
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Israeli attack kills famed turtle sanctuary ecologist in Lebanon
Mona Khalil led decades-long effort to protect nesting site for turtles near her home in south of the country
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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 19/06/2026
Tehran holds back from talks to cement ceasefire due to ongoing Israeli attacks on southern Lebanon.
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US-Iran talks postponed as Israel attacks Lebanon
Tehran holds back from talks to cement ceasefire due to ongoing Israeli attacks on southern Lebanon.
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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 19/06/2026
Not even 24 hours and Israel already breached the memorandum of Versailles and carried out strikes in Lebanon. Iran pulled us diplomatic delegation potentially derailing crucial talks with the US. The deal may have already fallen apart. www.ibtimes.co.uk/iran-halts-u...
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Iran-US Negotiations Collapse Before They Begin as Lebanon Strikes Spark Diplomatic Crisis
Iran has suspended planned negotiations with the US, citing Israeli strikes in Lebanon as a breach of diplomatic agreements, leading to heightened regional tensions.
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
Fucking what? By who???
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	Opinion Board of Peace
The world may not like Trump’s Gaza plan — but there is no alternative
If even I, an implacable opponent of the president, can accept this as the best option, then surely others can too?
HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON
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Nancy Kricorian @nancykric.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
Artists are refusing to be complicit with US empire and Israeli genocide, and it's redrawing the city's cultural geography. www.thekeymagazine.com/p/92ny-israe...
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“We should be having memorials to our own lack of conscience.” New York’s 92NY Loses Ginsberg Centennial After Authors Withdraw.
Artists are refusing to be complicit with US empire and Israeli genocide, and it's redrawing the city's cultural geography.
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Ireland against Fascism @irlagainstfascism.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
These are the real people of Belfast. Thousands of anti-fascists rally against the far-right at Belfast City Hall today. They sent a clear message that racism is not wanted in their city. Things you love to see ✊❤
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Nancy Kricorian @nancykric.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
This is a long and brilliant analysis by Asli Bali via @bostonreview.bsky.social Well worth a read. www.bostonreview.net/articles/obj...
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Object Lessons
The ceasefire in the Persian Gulf is a prelude to an emerging, precarious realignment.
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The IMEU @theimeu.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
Israel kidnapped Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya from his post as the director of Gaza’s Kamal Adwan Hospital over 500 days ago. Now, it’s holding him in solitary confinement. Israel is holding Dr. Abu Safiya captive without any charges. That’s a war crime.
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Israel puts Palestinian doctor in solitary confinement after 17 months held without charge
Dr Hussam Abu Safiya now in cell barely big enough to sit in, says son, after UN experts demanded his release in March
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Nancy Kricorian @nancykric.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
The world is wide, but what use is it if my heart is narrow? ~ Armenian proverb open.substack.com/pub/nancykri...
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Kashana @kashana.blacksky.app · 09/06/2026
I love how people can breezily be like “so much that divides people” like it’s a brunch menu when the division is over whether people should be dead or not
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Nancy Kricorian @nancykric.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
Thought this was very good on the genocidaire parade…Dan Goldman is falling all over himself to say he didn’t know he would be marching with Smotrich et al jewishcurrents.org/a-pro-israel...
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A Litmus Test Backfires
The pro-Israel parade down Fifth Avenue on Sunday was a political disaster for the Jewish establishment.
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Nancy Kricorian @nancykric.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
Armenian proverbs as a blessing open.substack.com/pub/nancykri...
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Nancy Kricorian @nancykric.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
Botany walk in Central Park
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Working Class History @workingclasshistory.com · 21/05/2026
#OtD 21 May 1968 during the May uprising in France, radical workers and students formed a joint Workers-Students Action Committee to support an ongoing strike and occupation at Paris's Citroen auto plant stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/9417...
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Nancy Kricorian @nancykric.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
Spring Migration: Birds and Other Diversions open.substack.com/pub/nancykri...
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Nancy Kricorian @nancykric.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
Trillium in the North Woods of Central Park in New York City
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Nancy Kricorian @nancykric.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
Walk in the woods
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AAUP @aaup.org · 05/05/2026
The AAUP & @aft.org stand in solidarity with UM Faculty Senate Chair Derek Peterson. Right-wing attacks on his commencement speech are a direct threat to academic freedom. University leaders must stop apologizing to political agitators & start defending their faculty & protected speech. 👇
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AAUP, AFT, Labor Leaders Support University of Michigan Professor Derek Peterson
The AAUP and AFT strongly defend the academic freedom of Professor Derek Peterson and condemn the escalating campaign of political pressure and public intimidation directed at him following his remark...
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Hell Gate *subscribe today!* @hellgatenyc.com · 05/05/2026
A Manhattan synagogue is hosting an event promising the sale of land in the West Bank this evening, for the first time since City Council passed a bill intended to limit protests near houses of worship. Mayor Mamdani's spokesperson told Hell Gate the mayor is opposed to the sale.
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Northwest Progressive Institute @nwprogressive.org · 04/05/2026
An outstanding guerrilla protest
Met Gala VIP toilet sign
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More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
Today, the day of the Met Gala, the unionized workers of the Met posted this image to their Instagram. www.instagram.com/p/DX64ioYjecG/
text on image: 91% of hourly met staff in our unit earn less than a living wage
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