"The tree still grows in the earth your ancestors once walked, its seeds blooming in new geographies." I'm Armenian, and so much of this resonated deeply. Grateful for this piece!
Fitting also because Pascha, the Eastern Orthodox Easter, is coming up at the beginning of May as well. Phenomenal start to this new part of the newsletter, thank you for sharing this with us!!
Fantastic essay, Ruby! (and I have to wonder if you've ever read BLUEBEARD, by Kurt Vonnegut? I had some Armenian friends growing up in the northeast, but that was my first introduction to learing about the genocide.) Thanks to Alicia for making a space for this writing.
This was a fabulous article. I enjoyed the cultural connection and food's role in preserving identity. Thanks for opening the door to writers like Ruby - it is such a breath of fresh air to read the words of writers I may not have previously known.
"The tree still grows in the earth your ancestors once walked, its seeds blooming in new geographies." I'm Armenian, and so much of this resonated deeply. Grateful for this piece!
Oh, I’m so glad to hear this ❤️
I enjoyed reading this! I learnt a lot from this essay! I'm excited to start the new book club book as well!
Yayyyy! Thank you for reading and being so involved in the Book Club—really appreciate your insights!
Fitting also because Pascha, the Eastern Orthodox Easter, is coming up at the beginning of May as well. Phenomenal start to this new part of the newsletter, thank you for sharing this with us!!
I didn’t mention because Armenian Easter is celebrated with the Catholic Easter, which passed! But it is nice timing.
Thanks so much! This is the fourth contributor essay I’ve published this year—I hope you’ll have a chance to read the rest!
Oop! Pascha/Easter and their dates are always so confusing in different jurisdictions 😂
I’ve been lax about my email reading recently (read: for months, ugh) but this has made me really excited to dive in again. Thank you!
So confusing, believe me that I googled everything about 5 times building this post 🤣
I understand being backed up on email!!!
A feast of writing. Thank you.
Incredible writing-thank you both!
Fantastic essay, Ruby! (and I have to wonder if you've ever read BLUEBEARD, by Kurt Vonnegut? I had some Armenian friends growing up in the northeast, but that was my first introduction to learing about the genocide.) Thanks to Alicia for making a space for this writing.
I haven’t! Thank you for this rec, I’ll look it up.
This was a fabulous article. I enjoyed the cultural connection and food's role in preserving identity. Thanks for opening the door to writers like Ruby - it is such a breath of fresh air to read the words of writers I may not have previously known.
I’m really enjoying foraging through culinary history in these dispatches. Thanks to you both!