Creative writing
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Creative Writing | ‘Metro commuter shorts': 'Welcome to the Red Line’ by Harout Dedeyan
Architectural designer, photographer, and now writer Harout Dedeyan’s daily commute once involved a stroll on the Los Angeles metro, where he would often jot down notes and snap photos of the happenings along his journey. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, commutes have been put on hold, but his project has shifted into gear. In this h-pem exclusive series, titled “Metro commuter shorts,” Harout shares some of the wild stories overheard during these rides. Check out the first installment, “Welcome to the Red Line,” below!
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#IsolateWithHPem episode 10: Journalist Avedis Hadjian
Running out of juice during these trying times? Well, we've got you covered! On April 6, h-pem kicked-off its social connection initiative #IsolateWithHPem. For the foreseeable future, we will periodically post exclusive videos from our talented friends, who are professionals in their respective fields—from cooking and dance to comedy, journalism, and beyond. Their snappy tutorials will help us all combat the challenges posed by physical isolation through a virtual learning hub. Stay tuned!
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#IsolateWithHPem episode 1: NYT best-selling author Chris Bohjalian
Running out of juice during these trying times? Well, we've got you covered! On April 6, h-pem kicked-off its social connection initiative #IsolateWithHPem. For the foreseeable future, we will periodically post exclusive videos from our talented friends, who are professionals in their respective fields—from cooking and dance to comedy, journalism, and beyond. Their snappy tutorials will help us all combat the challenges posed by physical isolation through a virtual learning hub. Stay tuned!
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Creative writing | 'Tales of a volunteer firefighter' by Ani Arzoumanian (Chapter I)
Ever wondered what it takes to become a volunteer firefighter? Full-time premed student and part-time volunteer firefighter, Ani Arzoumanian, shows us the ropes. Check out chapter one of her journey below!
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TUMO x h-pem | 'NaOCl solution' by Artavazd Ganjalyan
Artavazd Ganjalyan is a teenage writer, who experiments with literature. Inspired by post- modernism, paganism, anarchism, and writers like Kafka and Dostoevsky, he creates his own style of writing and tries to break free of formal rules.
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TUMO x h-pem | 'A story written by the earthquake' by Arus Melkonyan
Arus Armen Melkonyan is a girl with endless energy and dreams. She loves to write, draw, sing, and listen to stories from old times. Her biggest goal is to become a human rights activist and lawyer and make the world just a little bit better...
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TUMO x h-pem | The future of Armenian literature through the eyes of the young writers at TUMO
Many lament the lack of enthusiasm about literature. In response, TUMO creative writing workshop leader Theresa Lin brings a fresh and sympathetic perspective to the current state of Armenian literature by detailing how Armenians can make the leap from preservation to innovation. The examples she mentions and the connections she draws are so striking and lucid that she just might have figured out exactly what we need—to think outside the box...
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TUMO x h-pem | Literature as a weapon: TUMO students take h-pem by storm!
Shuffling life’s dreams, evoking “The Scream,” teasing fictitious politicians, spinning an earthquake-era tale, and composing an ode to cleanliness are unusual themes for a tech-oriented learning hub like TUMO. But how did they end up on our platform? Here is the story of a robust collaboration very much in the spirit of h-pem…
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