All posts by Sona Avakian

January 20th, 2010

“Life Among the Pirates”

“The fact is, though, being pirated is the Peruvian equivalent of making the bestseller list. One writer I know ends all his readings by urging those in attendance to ‘buy my book before it gets pirated’. When I asked him about it, he confessed he hadn’t actually been pirated yet, but hoped he would be soon.”

Daniel Alarcón, author of War by Candlelight and Lost City Radio, on the book piracy industry in Peru.

January 26th, 2009

The Shorty Q&A With Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore

Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore started out as Matt Bernstein before becoming an author and an activist. She was one of the early organizers of Gay Shame, which, among other things, takes a stance against marriage in all forms. …more

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Sona Avakian has had work published in Instant City, ZYZZYVA, Sand Hill Review and Opium. She has an MFA from Mills College and was recently awarded a San Francisco Arts Commission Cultural Equity Grant.

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