Peter Balakian October 8, 2009

Noted author and Teaneck-native Peter Balakian, who has written extensively about the Armenian experience, will speak at Bergen Community College. The nationally recognized author and scholar will discuss the struggle of the Armenian people in the late 19th and early 20th centuries as well as their history, poetry and literature. Balakian serves as the current Donald M. and Constance H. Rebar Professor of the Humanities and director of creative writing in Colgate University's English department.