Role: Author

Arpine Konyalian Grenier is a former scientist, musician and financial analyst, born and raised in Beirut, Lebanon. At the 2009 First International Poetic Ecologies Conference in Brussels, her work was described as a mosaic of narrative that takes us out of our provincial concentration on American life to encompass broader social and geopolitical issues with a decidedly urban and postmodern sensibility. She has been featured in numerous publications including several anthologies. The recipient of a Pima Arts Council Award, and author of three collections of poetry, Arpine lives in Tucson, Arizona.

Arpena Sachaklian Mesrobian is director emerita of Syracuse University Press.