Writer. Person. Woman. Mother. Partner. Friend. https://linktr.ee/loriyeghttps://bsky.app/profile/loriyeg.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/loriyeg.bsky.social/post/3mssu4cmfy22bMy mother was a refugee from Palestine. What does it mean to be the daughter of a refugee? I try to explain in this piece “My Mother, the Refugee” published in @jmwwjournal.bsky.social earlier this month. The image is of Jaffa, the city she was born in. https://jmwwblog.wordpress.com/2026/08/06/creative-nonfiction-my-mother-the-refugee-by-lori-yeghiayan-friedman/11 Aug 2026 14:45 +0000at://did:plc:thlmdamtcfc56vwcidaxdfld/app.bsky.feed.post/3mssu4cmfy22bhttps://bsky.app/profile/loriyeg.bsky.social/post/3mrzl7a5xkc2sConsider submitting. They’re lovely. [contains quote post or other embedded content]01 Aug 2026 13:29 +0000at://did:plc:thlmdamtcfc56vwcidaxdfld/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrzl7a5xkc2shttps://bsky.app/profile/loriyeg.bsky.social/post/3mrxwlkjdk22oStoked to have an essay in The Rumpus on the impacts of being the generation to lose your family’s native language. Thank @therumpus.net and @roxanegay.bsky.social https://therumpus.net/2026/07/31/a-map-of-languages-dead-and-dying/31 Jul 2026 21:47 +0000at://did:plc:thlmdamtcfc56vwcidaxdfld/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrxwlkjdk22ohttps://bsky.app/profile/loriyeg.bsky.social/post/3mprc2jo4zc2i"There's Something I Was Going To Do, And Then I Forgot: A Memoir."03 Jul 2026 19:33 +0000at://did:plc:thlmdamtcfc56vwcidaxdfld/app.bsky.feed.post/3mprc2jo4zc2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/loriyeg.bsky.social/post/3mnfblbbzes23Gift link. https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/19/business/career-graduation-jobs-gen-z.html?unlocked_article_code=1.nVA.hZcG.GzhoQiVubPVz&smid=bs-share03 Jun 2026 14:02 +0000at://did:plc:thlmdamtcfc56vwcidaxdfld/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnfblbbzes23https://bsky.app/profile/loriyeg.bsky.social/post/3mna6r4v3dk24Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/29/opinion/hungary-win-election-viktor-orban.html?unlocked_article_code=1.m1A.7Ud9.Nz3XocHYp_Ge&smid=bs-share01 Jun 2026 13:29 +0000at://did:plc:thlmdamtcfc56vwcidaxdfld/app.bsky.feed.post/3mna6r4v3dk24https://bsky.app/profile/loriyeg.bsky.social/post/3mkppxcrjss2hHappy to have a creative nonfiction #CNF piece coming out in @jmwwjournal.bsky.social in August. This will be my 2nd piece to publish there. Stay tuned to learn about my mother who was many things incl. an #Armenian and a refugee from Palestine.30 Apr 2026 13:31 +0000at://did:plc:thlmdamtcfc56vwcidaxdfld/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkppxcrjss2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/loriyeg.bsky.social/post/3miczbcf6vc2aThrilled that my #creativenonfiction piece “Everything I know about love I learned from #StephenSondheim” was published in #EmergeLiteraryJournal. It’s got sad moms, giants in the sky, marriage ambivalence and, yes, #Cher. Thx@dianegotauthor.bsky.social https://emergeliteraryjournal.com/everything-i-know-about-love-i-learned-from-stephen-sondheim/31 Mar 2026 01:22 +0000at://did:plc:thlmdamtcfc56vwcidaxdfld/app.bsky.feed.post/3miczbcf6vc2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/loriyeg.bsky.social/post/3mhu4gkayfk2sI realize everything is terrible. Still, I'd love for you to read a #CNF of mine in @emergejournal.bsky.social. This one's got Cher, Stephen Sondheim, sad moms, high school drama, giants, witches, etc. The whole issue is great! https://emergeliteraryjournal.com/everything-i-know-about-love-i-learned-from-stephen-sondheim/25 Mar 2026 03:09 +0000at://did:plc:thlmdamtcfc56vwcidaxdfld/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhu4gkayfk2shttps://bsky.app/profile/loriyeg.bsky.social/post/3mfhk7vmtrs2oThis is why you need communications professionals. Although in this case, let them hang themselves with their own rope. [contains quote post or other embedded content]22 Feb 2026 16:21 +0000at://did:plc:thlmdamtcfc56vwcidaxdfld/app.bsky.feed.post/3mfhk7vmtrs2o