Aida Zilelian is a first-generation American-Armenian writer, storyteller, and educator. She is the author of novels The Legacy of Lost Things and All the Ways We Lied. Aida has told stories across the country, most recently televised on PBS’ Stories from the Stage. Her debut poetry chapbook "Dissonance" won the Swan Scythe contest and released June 2025. Read her published work in Thimble Lit, Sand Hills, and Ekphrastic Review .
while I was crossing Queens Boulevard. It wasn’t because it was after my mammogram or that I went shopping at Zara afterwards for a New Year’s Eve dress when there was no party. Will I ever go on a date again. What if I don’t write another poem. I miss throwing parties, now that everything has changed. The results came… Read more →