Editing Arthur Nersesian (section)

{{short description|American novelist, playwright, and poet}}
{{infobox writer
|name=Arthur Nersesian
|image=Arthur Nersesian by David Shankbone.jpg
|caption=Nersesian in September 2007
|birth_place=New York City, U.S.
|occupation={{flatlist|
*Novelist
*playwright
*poet
}}
|nationality=American
|alma_mater=[[Midwood High School]]
}}
'''Arthur Nersesian''' is an American novelist, playwright, and poet. 

Nersesian is of Armenian and Irish descent. He was born and raised in New York City, and graduated from [[Midwood High School]] in Brooklyn, New York.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/14/nyregion/thecity/14mose.html|title = Writing the Myth of Moses|newspaper = The New York Times|date = 12 September 2008|last1 = Gibberd|first1 = Ben}}</ref> 

His novels include ''The Fuck-up'',<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.3ammagazine.com/3am/globalization-of-the-worst-kind/ | title=Globalization of the Worst Kind | publisher=3:AM Magazine | date=October 8, 2007 | access-date=September 10, 2012 | author=Stevens, Andrew}}</ref> ''Manhattan Loverboy'', ''Dogrun'', ''Chinese Takeout'', ''Suicide Casanova,'' and ''Unlubricated.'' He has also published a collection of plays, ''East Village Tetralogy.'' He has written three books of poems and one book of plays. In 2005, Nersesian received the Anahid Literary Prize for [[Armenian Literature]] for his novel ''Unlubricated.'' Nersesian is the managing editor of the literary magazine, ''The Portable Lower East Side'', and was an English teacher at [[Hostos Community College]], [[City University of New York]], in [[South Bronx]].<ref>{{cite web | url=http://suicidegirls.com/interviews/Arthur+Nersesian/ | title=Interview: Arthur Nersesian | publisher=Suicide Girls | date=Nov 26, 2003 | access-date=September 10, 2012 | author=Epstein, Daniel}} 

Nersesian has become an outspoken advocate of [[millennials]] and their effect on New York City.</ref> His novel ''Dogrun'' was adapted into the 2016 feature film ''[[My Dead Boyfriend]]''.<ref>{{cite news|last=Myers|first=Kimber|title=Review No life or laughs to the dated comedy 'My Dead Boyfriend'|date=3 November 2016|newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]]|url=http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/la-et-mn-mini-my-dead-boyfriend-review-20161031-story.html|access-date=5 May 2017}}</ref> His novel ''The Five Books of (Robert) Moses'' is 1,506 pages long, took him more than 25 years to write, and was published on July 28, 2020.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Trachtenberg |first1=Jeffrey |title=This Book Isn't 'War and Peace.' It's Bigger. |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/this-book-isnt-war-and-peace-its-bigger-11587301201 |access-date=19 April 2020 |work=Wall Street Journal |date=19 April 2020}}</ref>