October 27, 2025
4:00-5:30pm
Faculty House at Columbia University
Entrance is on 116th St. between Amsterdam and Morningside Dr.
Registration required
Reception to follow.
An American long poem in three sections by Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Peter Balakian that moves between decades of tumultuous life in New York City and the Middle East. In inventive, elliptical language, New York Trilogy explores one man’s journey from teh late 1960s to the 21st century as he moves through a series of experiences centered in New York City and the New Jersey Palisades. Comprised of three multisequence poems originally included in Peter Balakian’s collections No Sign, Ozone Journal, and Ziggurat, the sections of New York Trilogy come together to form a poetry that embraces interior and aesthetic experiences, celebrates human intimacy, and bears witness to history.
Please indicate your attendance by Friday, Oct. 24, 2025
To register, email Prof. Khatchig Mouradian at km3253@columbia.edu
Organized by the Armenian Center at Columbia University and co-sponsored by the National Association for Armenian Studies and Research (NAASR) and the Department of Middle Eastern, South Asian, and African Studies