Person Detail: Nancy Agabian
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| Full Name: Nancy Agabian | ||
| Biography: Nancy Agabian is a writer and performance artist. She has been published most recently in such diverse publications as Wellesley (the Wellesley College alumnae magazine),Gynomite:Fearless Feminist Porn (nominated for a Firecracker Alternative Book award) and Birthmark: A Bilingual Anthology of Armenian-American Poetry, in which her poems written in English were translated into Armenian. Also a teacher, she led a series of very popular writing and performance workshops to adults called Writing to Perform the Truth at Beyond Baroque in Venice, CA for over five years. She has written and performed several autobiographical solo pieces which appeared in prominent performance art venues in Los Angeles. A recent transplant to NYC, she is currently a candidate for an MFA in Nonfiction at Columbia University. She is writing a memoir about her Armenian-American family, including her paternal grandmother, a survivor of the Armenian Genocide of 1915. TITLE OF BOOK: "PRINCESS FREAK," a collection of autobiographical poems, stories and performance texts, which documents the coming-of-age a shy, funny, bisexual Armenian-American woman who flees working-class Walpole, Massachusetts for Los Angeles. ISBN: 1-892184-07-9 paper. PUBLISHER: Beyond Baroque Books, 681 Venice Blvd., Venice, CA 90291 phone: 310 822-3006 fax: 310 827-7432. Books can also be ordered through Small Press Distribution, 341 Seventh Street, Berkeley, CA 94710-1409 phone: 510 524-1668, 800 869-7553 (Toll-free within the US) Fax: 510.524.0852, http://www.spdbooks.org |
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| Category: | N.Y.S. | |
| Travel Range: | Anywhere | |
| Transportation: | Public transportation and/or car rental | |
| Dates Available: | Anytime | |
| Fees: | Negotiable; minimum $100-150 plus travel, lodging, and meals | |
| Contact Information: |
NY Email: nma17@columbia.edu |
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| Year: 1968 | Event: BIRTH |
(Unknown) County Nancy Agabian was born in 1968. |
| Year: 1999 | Event: LITWORK |
(Unknown) County Birthmark: A Bilingual Anthology of Armenian-American Poetry Agabian's poems that were written in English were translated into Armenian for this book. |
| Year: 2000 | Event: LITWORK |
(Unknown) County Princess Freak (Pub: Beyond Baroque Books ISBN: 1-892184-07-9) A collection of autobiographical poems, stories and performance texts, which documents the coming-of-age a shy, funny, bisexual Armenian-American woman who flees working-class Walpole, Massachusetts for Los Angeles. |
| Year: 2001 | Event: LITWORK |
(Unknown) County Gynomite: Fearless Feminist Porn This book was nominated for a Firecracker Alternative Book award. |
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