A life in words.

Featured essay · August 23, 2017

The Relic

An unexpected gift in Istanbul opens a way back to family history.

Essays & reporting

APRIL 24, 2015 · THREE APPLES

A chance encounter with a homeless architect in a city of soaring towers.

OCTOBER 30, 2009 · THREE APPLES

In Yerevan, longing for Fresno and questioning what it means to belong.

DECEMBER 1, 2006 · REPORTING

Inside the live broadcast, and the lives in Artsakh that give it purpose.

The novel