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<p class=stmbodyheadstyle2 align=center style='text-align:center'>Margaret
Ajemian Anhert <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=stmbodyheadstyle2 align=center style='text-align:center'>Reading from
her memoir:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=stmbodyheadstyle2 align=center style='text-align:center'> The Knock at
the Door: A Journey through the Darkness of the Armenian Genocide <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=stmbodyheadstyle2 align=center style='text-align:center'>Thursday,
October 15, 2009 at 4:30 pm <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=stmbodyheadstyle2 align=center style='text-align:center'>Lecture Hall<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=stmbodyheadstyle2 align=center style='text-align:center'>The Thomas E.
Golden, Jr. Center at <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=stmbodyheadstyle2 align=center style='text-align:center'>Saint Thomas
More Chapel at Yale University<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=stmbodyheadstyle2 align=center style='text-align:center'>268 Park St.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=stmbodyheadstyle2 align=center style='text-align:center'>New Haven, CT<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=stmbodyheadstyle2 align=center style='text-align:center'><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=style7>"This personal, homespun account of an American of
Armenian descent interweaves two narratives in alternating chapters: Anhert's
mother Ester's firsthand description of coming of age during, and miraculously
surviving, the Turkish-sponsored Armenian genocide of 1915, and the middle-aged
author's own tender yet urgent reflections on her connection to the distant
world of her 98 year old mother. Ester's formidable personality, humor and
abiding religious faith pervade Ahner'ts debut, while the latter's fluid
transcription of Ester's story provdes a frank and seering testimony, as well
as a vivid depiction of Armenian village life. While Ahnert's oral history
doesn't offer a rigorous historical account or analysis of the systematic
slaughter...its force lies in the interplay between the narratives of mother
and daughter."<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=style7>-editor's review, <em>Publisher's Weekly </em><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=style7> <span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:minion'>Rev.
Peter J. Walsh, CSC</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:minion'>Assistant
Chaplain</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:minion'>Saint
Thomas More, the Catholic Chapel and Center at Yale</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:minion'>268 Park
St.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:minion'>New Haven,
CT 06511</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:minion'>203-777-5537</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:minion'><a
href="mailto:peter.walsh@yale.edu">peter.walsh@yale.edu</a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:minion'><a
href="http://www.yale.edu/stm">www.yale.edu/stm</a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>The
Yale-Readings Listserv is sponsored by the Yale Collection of American
Literature, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library. To post announcements
about poetry and fiction readings, send the full text of the announcement,
including contact information, to <a
href="http://mailman.yale.edu/mailman/listinfo/yale-readings">nancy.kuhl at
yale.edu.</a> Messages sent directly to the Yale-Readings list may not be
posted. <br>
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For more information about Poetry at the Beinecke Library, visit: <a
href="https://beineckepoetry.wordpress.com">https://beineckepoetry.wordpress.com</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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