Aram Mrjoian

Fiction Writer, Creative Nonfiction Writer

Ann Arbor, MI
Michigan US
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Author's Bio

Aram Mrjoian is a writer, editor, critic, and educator, who has taught at Florida State University, Pacific Lutheran University, the University of Michigan, and several nonprofit writing centers. He is the Editor-in-Chief of The Rumpus. In the past, he has served as an editor-at-large at the Chicago Review of Books, an associate fiction editor at Guernica, and a 2022 Creative Armenia-AGBU fellow. He is other editorial experience includes PANK, the Southern Review of Books, the Southeast Review, and TriQuarterly. His work has appeared or is forthcoming in The Guardian, Runner's World, Literary Hub, Catapult, West Branch, Electric Literature, Boulevard, The Millions, The Rumpus, Gulf Coast, Longreads, Joyland, and many other publications. He holds an English degree from Michigan State University, a graduate level publishing certification from the University of Denver, an MFA in creative writing from Northwestern University, and a PhD in creative writing from Florida State University. He is the editor of We Are All Armenian: Voices from the Diaspora (University of Texas Press, March 2023).

Literary agent: 
Natalie Edwards

Publications & Prizes

Creative Nonfiction

Book:
We Are All Armenian: Voices from the Armenian Diaspora (University of Texas Press, 2023)
Journals:
Barrelhouse
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Boulevard
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Catapult
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Cheap Pop
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Entropy
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Guardian
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Hobart
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Literary Hub
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The Coil

Fiction

Book:
Waterline (Harper Collins, 2025)
Prizes won: 

2022 Creative Armenia-AGBU Fellow

More Information

Gives readings: 
Yes
Travels for readings: 
Yes
Fluent in: 
English
Born in: 
Ann Arbor, MI
Michigan
Raised in: 
Ann Arbor, MI
Michigan
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Last update: Nov 09, 2023