OPEN MIC WITH Aida Zilelian
Aida is a first generation American-Armenian writer, educator and storyteller fromQueens, NY. She is the author of The Legacy of Lost Things, recipient of the Tololyan Literary Award. She has been performing at storytelling events in NYC, Montreal, Boston and Los Angeles. She has also been featured in the Huffington Post, NPR’s Takeaway, among other reading series and print outlets. Her short story collection These Hills Were Meant for You was shortlisted for the Katherine Anne Porter Prize in Short Fiction and her short story “The Piano” won first prize in the Lighthouse Weekly contest. She is currently working on completing her short story collection: Where There Can Be No Breath At All.