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Grinding TeethAida ZilelianThis week matt is in conversation with Aida Zilelian. Join them as they chat about childhood cemetery obsessions, playing acoustic rock at CB's Gallery in the 90's, and learning the challenging art of storytelling. Aida: @aidazilelianShow: @grindingteethpodmatt: @norocknrollfunMusic by Matthew O. Thomas
2025-03-061h 03
The Truth to Power ShowConstellations Over StarsAmerican-Armenian writer and educator Aida Zilelian talks to Vegas K. Jarrow about Newtown Literary and more2024-12-2059 min
Writing StoriesPeople Think That When You're Not Published, You're Not WorkingSend us a textAida Zilelian tells the story of All the Ways We Lied. Along the way she discusses: - writer's block- the value of touchstone texts and poetry - agents (the good, the bad, and the why) - how to know when to let go of a project - the Armenian genocide - The Stranger by Camus - Anjali Singh (agent) - book coach Karen Clark - The Goldfinch and The CorrectionsFind out more about Aida hereBuy All the Ways...2024-07-0825 min
Behind the Mic with AudioFile MagazineALL THE WAYS WE LIED by Aida Zilelian, read by Vaneh AssadourianVaneh Assadourian delivers this novel about a dysfunctional Armenian American family in a knowing style and understanding tone. Host Jo Reed and AudioFile’s Alan Minskoff discuss Aida Zilelian’s novel of three daughters and their struggles. Kohar, the eldest, had trouble with fertility; Lucine’s husband takes her money and disappears; and Azad, the youngest, seems lost and incapable of relationships. Assadourian adroitly captures the clipped angry tone of Takouhi, their matriarch. Together their stories create a tapestry of family life and loss. Read the full review of the audiobook on AudioFile’s website. Published by Dreamsca...2024-02-1307 min
Download High-Quality Full Audiobooks in Fiction, DramaAll the Ways We Lied by Aida ZilelianPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/719337 to listen full audiobooks. Title: All the Ways We Lied Author: Aida Zilelian Narrator: Vaneh Assadourian Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 20 minutes Release date: January 9, 2024 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: In Queens, New York, while their father deteriorates from a terminal illness, three sisters contend with one another, their self-destructive pasts, and their indomitable mother as they face the loss of the one person holding their unstable family together. Kohar, the oldest sister, is happily married, yet grapples with fertility issues and, in turn, her own self-worth. Lucine, the middle child, is trapped in...2024-01-0903 min
Download High-Quality Full Audiobooks in Fiction, Contemporary WomenAll the Ways We Lied by Aida ZilelianPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/719337 to listen full audiobooks. Title: All the Ways We Lied Author: Aida Zilelian Narrator: Vaneh Assadourian Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 20 minutes Release date: January 9, 2024 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: In Queens, New York, while their father deteriorates from a terminal illness, three sisters contend with one another, their self-destructive pasts, and their indomitable mother as they face the loss of the one person holding their unstable family together. Kohar, the oldest sister, is happily married, yet grapples with fertility issues and, in turn, her own self-worth. Lucine, the middle child, is trapped...2024-01-0903 min
Download High-Quality Full Audiobooks in Fiction, Contemporary WomenAll the Ways We Lied by Aida ZilelianPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/719337to listen full audiobooks.
Title: All the Ways We Lied
Author: Aida Zilelian
Narrator: Vaneh Assadourian
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 8 hours 20 minutes
Release date: January 9, 2024
Genres: Contemporary Women
Publisher's Summary:
In Queens, New York, while their father deteriorates from a terminal illness, three sisters contend with one another, their self-destructive pasts, and their indomitable mother as they face the loss of the one person holding their unstable family together. Kohar, the oldest sister, is happily married, yet grapples with fertility issues and, in turn, her own self-worth. Lucine, the middle child, is trapped in...2024-01-098h 20
The Volume KnobAida: Last Day of our AcquaintanceAida Zilelian is an American-Armenian writer, educator and storyteller. She has been featured in the Huffington Post, NPR's Takeaway, Kirkus Reviews, among other literary and media platforms. Her novel All the Ways We Lied is slated for release in January 2024. You can follow her on Instagram or Facebook.Make sure you follow The Volume Knob on Twitter, Instagram, Facebook or at our website volumeknob.net.And if you have a story about the song that saved your life be sure to send it to me at volumeknobpod@gmail.com.
2023-12-1819 min
This Queer Book Saved My LifePrincess Freak with Adrineh Der Boghossian and Nancy AgabianWithout this book, I wouldn't have become me. And I guess I'd be married to a man.Today we meet Adrineh Der Boghossian and we’re talking about the book that saved her life: Princess Freak by Nancy Agabian. And Nancy joins us for the conversation!Princess Freak documents through poetry and prose texts Nancy's coming-of-age of as a shy, funny, bisexual Armenian-American woman who flees the small town of Walpole, Massachusetts to tell the stories of her family.Adrineh Der Boghossian (no relation!) is an editor who works as a project manager fo...2023-11-281h 00
RISK!People ChangeDave Ross and Aida Zilelian share stories about how some people really are capable of change.• Pitch us your story! risk-show.com/submissions• Support RISK! through Patreon at patreon.com/risk or make a one-time donation: paypal.me/riskshow• Get tickets to RISK! live shows: risk-show.com/live• Get the RISK! Book and shop for merch: risk-show.com/shop• Take our storytelling classes: thestorystudio.org• Hire Kevin Allison as a coach or get personalized videos: kevinallison.com To learn more a...2023-06-2054 min
Risk! Storytelling PodcastPeople ChangeDave Ross and Aida Zilelian share stories about how some people really are capable of change.
• Pitch us your story! risk-show.com/submissions
• Support RISK! through Patreon at patreon.com/risk or make a one-time donation: paypal.me/riskshow
• Get tickets to RISK! live shows: risk-show.com/live
• Get the RISK! Book and shop for merch:risk-show.com/shop
• Take our storytelling classes: thestorystudio.org
• Hire Kevin Allison as a coach or get personalized videos: kevinallison.com
To learn more a...2023-06-2054 min
No, YOU Tell It!Episode 70 – Punch Up (Part 2)Celebrating 10 years of No, YOU Tell It!, the second half of our “Punch Up” show starts with the story of a waitress getting a visit from a former co-worker who looks happier and healthier than seems possible. Trying to match her glow-up, she seeks out the same Shaman but finds the visit … less than inspiring.
Enjoy “Shaman Says,” Written by Jenn Wehrung and performed by Aida Zilelian.
You can also WATCH the full show live-streamed from Culture Lab, LIC. Or, watch “Punch Up,” and other past shows on the NYTI YouTube channel.
Switching it up, our fina...2022-11-2235 min
No, YOU Tell It!Episode 70 – Punch Up (Part 2)Celebrating 10 years of No, YOU Tell It!, the second half of our “Punch Up” show starts with the story of a waitress getting a visit from a former co-worker who looks happier and healthier than seems possible. Trying to match her glow-up, she seeks out the same Shaman but finds the visit … less than inspiring.
Enjoy “Shaman Says,” Written by Jenn Wehrung and performed by Aida Zilelian.
Switching it up, our final story also starts in a bar, where an old frenemy creeps back into every corner of the narrator’s life, causing her to reflect on why some...2022-11-2235 min
Show Do Tell: A Reading Series & Art ReviewShow Do Tell: Brendan Lorber, Aida Zilelian, Matthew ThorburnThe September edition of the Show Do Tell Reading Series:
Aida Zilelian is a New York writer and English teacher. Her debut novel The Legacy of Lost Things was released in March 2015 (Bleeding Heart Publications) and was the recipient of the 2014 Tololyan Literary Award. She has been featured on NPR, the New York Times, the Huffington Post, Kirkus Reviews, among other radio and print platforms. Most recently, her short story collection These Hills Were Meant for You was shortlisted for the 2018 Katherine Anne Porter Award. She is currently completing her third novel.
Matthew Thorburn is the author of seven collections...2019-09-221h 12