Hye Sharzhoom Armenian Action
Staff Report
The Armenian Series of The Press at California State University, Fresno, was one of six featured authors and programs at a reception celebrating the achievements of The Press. College of Arts & Humanities Dean Dr. Saúl Jiménez-Sandoval and Associate Dean Dr. Honora Chapman hosted the event, which was held from 4:30-6:30PM on Thursday, April 19.
Tables featuring The Press publications were placed in Fresno State’s Smittcamp Alumni House, where guests purchased books and had author’s sign their works. Each author or program was then given the opportunity to address the guests and to discuss their publications.
Professor Barlow Der Mugrdechian, Berberian Coordinator of the Armenian Studies Program, represented the Armenian Series at the event. Prof. Der Mugrdechian has been the general editor of the Armenian Series since 2008. The most recent publication of the Series is Krikor Beledian’s Fifty Years of Armenian Literature in France, which provides insight into the literary production of one of the world’s most important Armenian Diasporan communities.
Earlier publications include David of Sassoun: Critical Studies on the Armenian Epic (2013) and Armenian Poetry of Our Time (2011) by Diana Der-Hovanessian. Berge Bulbulian’s The Fresno Armenians is also now available in digital format through The Press website.
Works on and by William Saroyan, such Young Saroyan ‘Follow’ and Other Writings have also been published by the Armenian Series.
Funding for the Armenian Series is provided by the M. Victoria Karagozian Kazan and Henry S. Khanzadian Kazan Endowment of the Armenian Studies Program.
More information on the Armenian Series is available at The Press website, http://www.thepressatcsufresno.org/armenian-culture.html.
Armen Bacon’s latest book My Name is Armen, Outside the Lines, was featured at The Press reception. An earlier work by Bacon, My Name is Armen-A Life in Column Inches was published in 2014.
Evo Bluestein’s Road to Sweet’s Mill: The West Coast Folk Music Revival in the 1960s and ’70 centers on Sweet’s Mill, a former logging camp that became the magnet for many key folk and old-time music figures.
Dr. Gerald R. McMenamin is the author of a Spanish-language textbook on forensic linguistics, Introducción a la Lingüística Forense, a Spanish-language textbook for college courses in forensic linguistics. Dr. McMenamin is professor emeritus of Linguistics.
The Center for Creativity and the Arts, represented by Dr. Cindy Urrutia, director of CCA, has published several companion catalogs to recent exhibitions.
Fresno States’ MFA Program in Creative Writing produces The Normal School, a biannual literary journal. Prof. Steven Church of the Department of English and founding editor of the journal represented The Normal School.
The mission of The Press is to publish great literature by both emerging and established voices, scholarly books that expand the horizons of human knowledge, and other works that promote the rich cultural heritage of California’s Central Valley.
The Press, housed within the College of Arts & Humanities at Fresno State, is the only university press in the California State University system. The website of The Press is http://www.thepressatcsufresno.org/.